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[Chronotherapeutic evaluation of the antihypertensive treatment]
1Instituto de Farmacología y Toxicología, Ruprecht-Karts-Universidad de Heidelberg, Fakultät für Klinische Medizin, Alemania.
Insights
Blood pressure and cardiovascular events follow daily rhythms. Antihypertensive treatments should manage morning blood pressure surges, potentially improving drug efficacy through timed dosing.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Chronobiology
- Pharmacology
Background:
- Biological parameters, including blood pressure, exhibit circadian rhythms.
- A nocturnal blood pressure fall is followed by a morning increase.
- Cardiovascular events characteristically concentrate in the morning hours.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between circadian rhythms and cardiovascular events.
- To emphasize the importance of controlling morning blood pressure surges.
- To explore the potential of chronotherapy in antihypertensive treatment.
Main Methods:
- Review of existing literature on circadian rhythms of blood pressure.
- Analysis of the timing of cardiovascular events.
- Discussion of chronotherapeutical effects of antihypertensive medications.
Main Results:
- Blood pressure demonstrates a distinct circadian pattern with a morning surge.
- Cardiovascular events show a temporal clustering in the morning.
- Antihypertensive treatment strategies should aim for 24-hour normotension.
- Drug efficacy may be influenced by the timing of administration.
Conclusions:
- Managing the morning blood pressure increase is crucial for effective antihypertensive therapy.
- Chronotherapy, or time-of-day dosing, offers potential benefits in managing hypertension.
- Understanding circadian rhythms is key to optimizing cardiovascular event prevention.
Abstract:
Blood pressure, as well as other biological parameters, shows a circadian rhythm with a morning increase following the nocturnal blood pressure fall. In a parallel way, and probably related, there is a characteristic morning concentration of cardiovascular events. The antihypertensive treatment should pursue normotension during the 24 hours of the day, by restrictive the morning blood pressure increase. Drug efficacy can be improved depending on the time of the day of drug dose. Chronotherapeutical effects of different drugs in blood pressure are discussed.