After diazepam administration, systolic and mean blood pressure decreased significantly. Muscle sympathetic nerve activity was also significantly reduced but heart rate did not change, whereas the variables of spectral analysis of heart rate variability did not show significant change.

Can diazepam cause slow heart rate?

These studies show that diazepam has no effect on heart rate or blood pressure in anesthetized animals, has no effect on blood pressure in conscious, unstressed animals but increases heart rate significantly probably by central vagal inhibition and, does not antagonize a stress-induced tachycardia but antagonizes ...

Do benzodiazepines reduce heart rate?

Since benzos are tranquilizers and sedatives that are in the drug class of central nervous system depressants, they lower heart rate, core body temperature, blood pressure, and respiration. Usually in the case of an overdose, these vital life functions get too low.