Pill with three drugs lowers blood pressure in revolutionary treatment that could save thousands of lives each year By Luke Chafer Published: 20:51 EDT, 5 October 2024 | Updated: 20:56 EDT, 5 October 2024 e-mail View comments A single tablet containing a combination of medicines that combat high blood pressure could revolutionise treatment and save thousands of lives each year, according to research. Experts say that patients with the common condition – also known as hypertension – often fail to take all their prescribed daily pills, raising their risk of life-threatening heart attacks and strokes. However, new tablets which contain several crucial hypertension treatments have been shown to be effective at keeping the condition under control.
Australian researchers presented their findings at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in London last week. The treatments they examined contain three or four different drugs in a single pill. One example consisted of telmisartan, amlodipine and indapamide – all of which are used to treat hypertension individually.
Experts say that patients with the common condition – also known as hypertension – often fail to take all their prescribed daily pills. (Stock image) Around 30 per cent of adults across the country suffer from high blood pressure, and it is double that for those over 65. (Stock image) High blood pressure also raises the risk of kidney disease.
It is often triggered by poor lifestyle habits, such as bad diet, .