USA TODAY -- It might be worth taking your blood pressure medicine before bedtime, instead of first thing in the morning, a new study suggests. The study, published Tuesday in the peer-reviewed European Heart Journal, found that taking blood pressure-lowering medications "at bedtime, as opposed to upon waking" may stabilize blood pressure at night and throughout the day, reducing the chance of heart attack, stroke and death. The trial analyzed data from 19,084 people – 10,614 men and 8,470 women – with high blood pressure. They were between the ages of 46 and 74.
This sounds interesting to me, so today I skipped my BP medication this morning and will start taking it at night. I suppose it can't hurt.
I read this also this morning.....I take Losartan 50 mg....just started a few months ago. Take it in the morning. Let us know how it works for you. I’m too anxious at this point to do it without asking my dr or the pharmacist. My niece in Colorado is a pharmacist but she just started her career.....I’ll ask her about the article anyway though.
I wonder if they will change the dosing directions at some point? Blood pressure meds are too important for them not to adjust to the best time of day for people to take it. Then again, does it have any ingredient which could hinder a good night's sleep?
I don't recall ever being instructed what time of day to take mine (Lisinopril), though I know you're supposed to try to take it around the same time each day. I just always took it in the morning out of habit. Today I'm taking it at bedtime. A lot of people have heart attacks when waking up in the morning, so maybe taking the Rx at bedtime will be more beneficial as far as that is concerned. Who knows?
In my time as a paramedic, I would guess that most of the heart attacks that we were called out for occurred at night. Some, of course, were found dead in the morning, but many were awakened by chest pains or other symptoms of myocardial infarction (heart attack).
I always wanted to say I think you having been a paramedic is really wonderful. At the worst ,and most fearful, time of a person's life, you were the first person there. I think it's a very special calling and is a great responsibility.
I saw my doctor last week and asked about that. She said that is true about beta blockers but not necessarily so with ace inhibitors. Ace inhibitors are retained in your system for awhile. Beta blockers must be replenished.
I don't understand this comment. Since blood pressure medication is taken daily, it would seem that any type "must be replenished."
Taking it at night makes sense to me. I find my BP elevates in the evening and often awaken with a hypertension headache.
It is confusing. Perhaps I didn't get it all, but there is a difference between how both types perform.