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New Delhi, April 16, 2019 :
The use of sleeping tablets by older hypertensive patients is linked to a subsequent increase in use of antihypertensive medications in a new study by José Banegas, MD, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, explained to Medscape Medical News. The prospective cohort study was published online on March 25 in Geriatrics and Gerontology International.
The study involved 752 patients aged ≥60 years (average, 69 years; 49% men) participating in a seniors cohort. The patients were undergoing treatment for hypertension and were followed from 2008-2010 through 2012-2013. Results showed that the mean sleep duration was 6.9 hours per night. Poor sleep quality was reported by 37%, and 16.5% reported that they usually took sleeping pills. The mean number of antihypertensive drugs used was 1.8.
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Some hypnotic agents may induce atropine-related parasympathetic inhibition and tachycardia, as well as hypertension, and others may increase sleep-disordered breathing, which may be associated with hypertension and, in particular, with nocturnal hypertension in older patients.
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