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Pay attention to the type of medication and when to take medication for high blood pressure.
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GridHEALTH.id – High blood pressure Uncontrolled can cause heart disease, stroke, heart failure, to kidney failure.
For that, doctors will generally prescribe hypertension medicationif blood pressure still tends to be high even though it has been three months of living a healthy lifestyle.
According to the official website of the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes), there are two types of type of hypertension medication. Blood pressure control drugs from the Ace Inhibitor group (captopril, ramipril), are more recommended to be consumed before meals.
Because the absorption of the drug is susceptible to being disturbed by food. Meanwhile, antihypertensive drugs such as propranolol, amlodipine, candesartan, are recommended to be taken after meals.
According to the Ministry of Health, these drugs are recommended to be taken in the morning. Because there are studies that show blood pressure reaches its highest number at 09.00-11.00 and lowest at night after sleep.
So, referring to the research, it is recommended that antihypertensive drugs be taken between 09.00-11.00.
Despite the recommendation to take antihypertensive drugs in the morning, a study published in European Heart Journal (2018) mentioned taking high blood pressure medication at night is better than in the morning.
Research from experts in Spain examined 19,000 people with hypertension who regularly took anti-high blood pressure drugs from 2008 to 2018.
As a result, patients who took the drug before bed had a 44 percent lower risk of heart attack, 4% lower chance of heart failure, 49% lower risk of stroke, and 45% lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease.
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