When drugs are taken can have a huge impact on their effects. This can also be seen in blood pressure patients. Researchers have now found the perfect time.
Around 30 percent of Germans have high blood pressure, as current figures from the Robert Koch Institute show. And that harbors enormous dangers: it is high blood pressure (hypertension) that damages the heart and brain and can result in life-threatening diseases such as heart attacks and strokes.
Medical doctors speak of an excessively high blood pressure from a value of 140 to 90 mm Hg and higher. Slight hypertension is diagnosed at values between 140 to 90 mm Hg and 159 to 99 mm Hg, at values from 160 to 100 mm Hg to 179 to 109 mm Hg there is talk of moderate hypertension and everything about it corresponds to severe hypertension. Only when and how is high blood pressure treated can only be decided by a doctor: where a slight change in lifestyle already has an effect on mild courses, only blood pressure medication often helps with higher blood pressure values .
Taking blood pressure lowering in the morning or in the evening? Study authors agree
A publication by the European Society of Cardiology answers the best time to take them. The clear finding: Those who take blood pressure lowering in the evening reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke enormously . Hypertension patients who take their blood pressure medication at bedtime have much better controlled blood pressure and a much lower risk of dying from heart and vascular problems than those who swallow hypotensive drugs in the morning.
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The results of the large-scale Hygia Chronotherapy study, which was published in the journal European Heart Journal. In the course of the investigation, the data of over 19,000 blood pressure patients were evaluated and the influence of the time of taking the tablets on the risk of cardiovascular problems. The blood pressure of the patients was measured over an average of six years once a year over 48 hours.
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From the data obtained, the study leaders concluded that patients who took their medication at bedtime reduced their risk of heart attack, stroke, and heart failure by 45 percent compared to those who swallowed their medication after getting up in the morning.
Survey on the subject
The European Heart Journal quotes study leader Professor Ramón C. Hermida: "The current guidelines for the treatment of high blood pressure do not mention and do not recommend a preferred treatment time. Morning intake is the most common recommendation by doctors based on the misleading goal of lowering blood pressure in the morning However, the Hygia project has shown that the average systolic blood pressure during sleep is the most important and most independent indication for the risk of cardiovascular disease, regardless of blood pressure measurements while awake or when visiting a doctor show that treating high blood pressure in the morning means reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. "
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