Treatment for high blood pressure

Combining four blood pressure drugs into a single pill could be twice as effective as existing treatments, researchers have found.

Every patient given treatment during trial saw their hypertension drop to healthy levels

In a breakthrough trial, every patient given the four-in-one ‘quadpill’ saw their blood pressure drop to healthy levels within a month.

And because each drug is included in much lower doses than in conventional tablets, experts believe the combined medication will minimise side-effects.Every patient given treatment during trial saw their hypertension drop to healthy levels

Combining four blood pressure drugs into a single pill could be twice as effective as existing treatments, researchers have found.

In a breakthrough trial, every patient given the four-in-one ‘quadpill’ saw their blood pressure drop to healthy levels within a month.

And because each drug is included in much lower doses than in conventional tablets, experts believe the combined medication will minimise side-effects.
The results of the small pilot trial, published in the Lancet medical journal last night, could offer a new approach for the hundreds of thousands in the United Kingdom (U.K.) who take daily tablets for their blood pressure.
High blood pressure – or hypertension – affects more than 17million Britons, or one adult in three.