Is It Better to Take Blood Pressure Med at Night
Taking antihypertensive medicine at bedtime is associated with improved blood pressure control and a near halving of cardiovascular deaths and events when compared with morning dosing a study of nearly 20 000 hypertensive patients in primary care has shown1 Current guidelines on the treatment of hypertension do not mention or recommend any. Taking blood pressure medication at bedtime rather than on waking halves the risk of events such as heart attack and stroke a major study has revealed. Pin On Dr Dario Reducing it further with blood pressure medicine dramatically increases the risk of optic nerve damage. . -Nighttime BP was 52 mm Hg lower for the bedtime medication group than the morning medication group 11163 mm Hg vs 11665 mm Hg. However theres growing evidence that most blood pressure medications are more effective when people take them at night. Ad What does the evidence say. After a six-year follow-up the results s...