Research Finds Blood Pressure Medication Works At All Times Of The Day
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Research funded by the British Heart Foundation on the efficacy of blood pressure medication has found that it is equally effective whether it is taken in the morning or during the evening, ending a long-standing life science marketing debate.
The clinical trial findings, presented at the European Study of Cardiology Congress meeting in Barcelona, Spain, disproved previous research that suggested that medication that lowers a person’s blood pressure might be more effective if taken in the evening.
Instead, the trial suggests that the time of day has no impact on its effectiveness, and people can feel safe taking their blood pressure medication during any convenient time for the user.
Given that blood pressure medications are among the most widely prescribed in the country, used to help lower the risk of strokes, heart attacks and other related conditions.
The trial, known as Treatment In Morning versus Evening (TIME), asked 20,000 people who were taking one form of blood pressure medication to specifically take it either in the morning or at night, with researchers following these people’s lives for the next five years.
They wanted to see if anyone suffered from a heart attack or a stroke, as well as note down anyone who died due to circulatory diseases.
Ultimately, the results showed that there was no statistically significant difference between the two; 362 people in the morning group had a cardiac event, stroke or died compared to 390 in the evening.
This is an important finding because the previous research had led some people who took medication for their blood pressure to skip taking that medication if they were unable to do so in the evening, believing it was more dangerous to take it at the wrong time.
Instead, they can now take this medicine whenever it is convenient for them and help reduce the risk of circulatory diseases.