Q: I have been on nifedipine twice daily for 24yrs now and I am 47years old. Which is better, blood pressure medication before exercise or after?
A: It is best to take blood pressure medicine at the same time of day every day.
The goal is to create the same amount of medicine in your blood stream. Once
your body has adjusted to your blood pressure medicine and your medicine level
is steady, it should not make a difference when you exercise. Let your body
be your guide. If you find exercise more difficult after you take your medicine,
exercise first.
Further Reading:
High Blood Pressure Medicine’s Effect on Exercise – Livestrong.com
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Even though medication is at a “steady state” after you have taken it for a couple of weeks or so, there is still a cyclical range of the dose you have on board each day. That dose is lowest just before you take your medication regularly every day. Because of this, when I was on blood pressure medication, I would take the medication just after exercising so as to minimize its impact on my exercise stamina. All the best!!
So you’re talking about beta blockers? It wouldn’t make any difference if you were taking a diuretic and/or ACE inhibitor, would it?
Carestia is wrong, once again. You’d want to take your medications several hours BEFORE you exercise, so your BP is low when you begin exercising. Having a higher BP before exercise should seem to have a tendency to increase the risk of adverse cardiac events.