High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a common health problem. If not taken care of, it can hurt your heart and other organs.
Usually, doctors give medicine to help lower your blood pressure to keep your heart healthy and lower the chance of having a stroke.
A big study was done by the University of Vigo and other places. They had over 19,000 people join in. These people were asked to take their high blood pressure medicine either in the morning or at night before they went to bed.
The researchers kept an eye on these patients for about six years on average. During this time, they checked their blood pressure every so often, keeping track of it for 48 hours at a time.
What they found was pretty interesting. The people who took their medicine at night had better blood pressure control.
They also had a much lower chance of dying or getting sick from heart or blood vessel problems compared to those who took their medicine in the morning.
Let’s look at the numbers. The people who took their medicine at bedtime had:
- 45% less chance of dying from heart problems, like heart attacks or heart failure, or needing a treatment to open up blocked arteries.
- 66% less chance of dying from heart or blood vessel issues.
- 44% less chance of having a heart attack.
- 40% less chance of needing a treatment to fix blocked heart arteries.
- 42% less chance of heart failure.
- 49% less chance of having a stroke.
This study makes us think differently about when to take high blood pressure medicine. Until now, most people thought taking medicine in the morning was best.
But this study shows that taking it at bedtime might actually be a better way to control blood pressure and lower the risk of heart disease and stroke.
If you have high blood pressure or are at risk for it, it’s a good idea to talk to your doctor about when is the best time for you to take your medicine.
Besides taking medicine, making changes in your lifestyle can also help control high blood pressure. Eating healthy, exercising regularly, and reducing stress are all good ways to help.
It’s important to listen to your doctor and take your medicine the way they tell you to. This can help lower your blood pressure and reduce the chance of serious health problems in the future.
For those who want to know more, this study was done by researchers from the University of Vigo. They also suggest that drinking beetroot juice and eating certain plant-based foods can help lower high blood pressure.
If you’re interested in learning more about managing high blood pressure, you might want to look into studies about the best times to take medicine and new treatments for high blood pressure.
If you care about blood pressure, please read studies about unhealthy habits that could increase high blood pressure risk, and people with severe high blood pressure should reduce coffee intake.
For more information about blood pressure, please see recent studies that early time-restricted eating could help improve blood pressure, and results showing plant-based foods could benefit people with high blood pressure.
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