When does antihypertensive medicine take good? Half an hour after getting up in the morning

When is the best time to take antihypertensive, in the morning or at night? Before or after meals? This is often asked by patients with hypertension The time of taking antihypertensive drugs first depends on the duration of the drug's action If it is taken once a day for a long time, it is OK In general, if you take it once a day, you should take it half an hour after you get up in the morning You can take it before and after meals, but if you don't have stomach disease, you'd better take it 20 minutes before eating Take the antihypertensive drugs twice a day, the first one is within half an hour after getting up in the morning, and the second one can be taken between 4-6 p.m If you have done 24-hour blood pressure monitoring, you can take medicine 1-2 hours before the peak of blood pressure under the guidance of 24-hour blood pressure monitoring results If 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring has not been done, patients can choose 4 time points in a day, take blood pressure every 6 hours, for 3 consecutive days, they can know their own blood pressure fluctuations, from which they can also infer a medication time Secondly, it depends on the characteristics of blood pressure fluctuation Generally, the fluctuation of blood pressure shows a spoon shaped curve of high in the daytime and low at night There are two peak periods of blood pressure during the day, one is from 6:00 to 10:00 in the morning and the other is from 4:00 to 6:00 in the afternoon If these patients take long-term drugs, they can take them once in the morning However, there are also a few patients with the curve of day night difference disappearing, even with the curve of high at night and low during the day In addition to taking antihypertensive drugs once in the morning, these patients should take antihypertensive drugs once in the evening to cover the increase of blood pressure at night and avoid damage to target organs Finally, it depends on the characteristics of the drug For example, diuretics should be taken in the morning to avoid the increase of nocturia and sleep Antihypertensive treatment is a long-term project, not only to pay attention to the time of taking medicine, but also to adhere to long-term use.