Which Blood Pressure Medication Keeps Your BP Most Stable?…

Which Blood Pressure Medication Keeps Your BP Most Stable? A New Analysis Has an Answer Doctors have long known that average blood pressure matters. But increasingly, research suggests that how much your blood pressure fluctuates between visits, not just its average, may also carry real cardiovascular risk. A new study published in Hypertension asks a genuinely practical clinical question, does the type of blood pressure medication a patient takes affect how stable their blood pressure stays over time? Researchers pooled patient-level data from two major randomised trials, SPRINT and ACCORD-BP, covering nearly 5,800 high-risk hypertensive patients followed for a median of 3.5 years. Using a rigorous statistical technique to closely match patients across treatment groups, they compared three common blood pressure drug classes: calcium channel blockers (CCBs), RAS inhibitors (ACE inhibitors/ARBs), and diuretics. Pati