A clinical trial carried out by British researchers tends to show that taking paracetamol can increase blood pressure.
Be careful if you use paracetamol. A population study, carried out by British researchers, funded by the British Heart Foundation, demonstrated that frequent paracetamol intake (Doliprane, Efferalgan, Dafalgan, Ixprim, etc.) in hypertensive people could raise blood pressure, alert theUFC-What to choose.
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To reach this conclusion, the researchers studied a hundred volunteers to whom they successively administered 4 g of paracetamol per day for two weeks and then a placebo for 15 days.
They were able to compare the effects. And the result is still significant: the systolic pressure increases by 5 mm Hg and the diastolic pressure by 1.5 mm Hg with the intake of this drug.
Even if this increase is not huge, it raises fears of an increased risk of cardiovascular problems. But as the consumer association points out, these results do not call into question the need to take paracetamol occasionally in the event of fever, headache or acute pain.
On the other hand, these results could call into question its interest in chronic diseases. It is therefore important for people withhypertension to discuss the benefit/risk balance of long-term treatment with paracetamol with your doctor.
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