Hormonal
Intentional weight loss of 5-15% body weight in overweight/obese hypertensive patients leads to significant reductions in systolic/diastolic blood pressure and facilitates dose reductions or discontinuations of antihypertensive medications.
If you have high blood pressure and are overweight, losing 5-15% of your body weight through a calorie-restricted diet and exercise can significantly lower your blood pressure. This improvement often allows your doctor to safely reduce or stop your blood pressure medications. Work with your doctor to monitor your progress and adjust medications as needed.
Intentional weight loss can potentially result in dose reductions/discontinuations of antihypertensive medications.
Why this rating
Retrospective cohort study with a small sample size (n=100) and potential surveillance bias.
Source
Intentional Weight Loss and Dose Reductions of Antihypertensive Medications: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Ghanshyam Palamaner Subash Shantha et al. · Cardiorenal Medicine · 2013
DOI 10.1159/000347048
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