The little girl who daydreams, in comparison, seems harmless enough. To others, perhaps. But not to herself. Catapress is the trade name of a medication known as clonidine which is usually used by physicians to deal with hypertension. Because hypertension results in elevated blood pressure, clonidine tends to reduce the heart rate and blood pressure.
Hypertension is the medical term for abnormally high blood pressure.
It does not mean nervous tension, anxiety, or over activity. High blood pressure results from either an increased output of blood from the heart or greater resistance to the flow of blood through tiny branches of the arteries. Of course, blood pressure fluctuates considerably in all of us. Hypertension indicates that blood pressure exceeds upper limits most of the time and it occurs most commonly in older people rather than in children or middle-aged adults. Treatment of hypertension usually consists of dietary measures and relaxation techniques.