BP pills before sleep lower diabetes risk too

London, Sep 24: Taking blood pressure pills at bedtime rather than in the morning not only reduces BP while asleep but also lowers the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, promising research has revealed. The team of Spanish researchers found that there was a 57 percent decrease in the risk of developing new-onset of Type 2 diabetes in the bedtime-treated group. “In hypertensive patients without diabetes, ingestion of the entire daily dose of one or more blood pressure-lowering medications at bedtime results in significantly improved sleeping blood pressure control and prevention of new-onset diabetes,” said Ramon Hermida from University of Vigo, Spain. The authors conclude that before bed regimen of taking anti-hypertensive medications is as safe as taking them in the morning. The research was published in Diabetologia - the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.