Re: Blood Pressure variation

From: George (George_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 07/06/04 

Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 16:21:48 -0400

On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 15:17:18 -0400, William Wagner
<NonSpamb2wagner@snip.net> wrote:

>In article <b06e736a.0407060907.19516271@posting.google.com>,
> Brad@sheppardsoftware.com (Brad Sheppard) wrote:
>
>>
>> "Blood pressure follows a circadian rhythm, with peak levels during
>> the morning hours. The morning period has also been associated with a
>> greater risk for cardiovascular events compared with the rest of the
>> 24 h. The morning surge in blood pressure, along with haemostatic
>> changes that promote thrombosis, is believed to contribute to this
>> heightened risk. " For more,
>> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids
>> =14694910&dopt=Abstract
>
>I take BP med's twice a day. Morning and night. Usually my morning
>intake is about 5 hours after rising about 8:00 AM . Would it make
>sense to do my meds first thing in the AM which would be about 4 AM ?
>
>
>Twice a day used to be much simpler.
>
>William(Bill)

And why you are asking for our opinion on this as opposed to your
doctors?

The best advice for your condition is to strictly follow the 2PD and
test your BMI daily.

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