As high blood pressure can be life-threatening by boosting your risk of a heart attack and a stroke, it’s important to keep your levels in check. However, many struggle with taking the daily pills. Now, an undergoing trial could see your medication swapped by a six-monthly injection, with the trial’s lead clinical director saying it could be game-changing.
Currently, people with high blood pressure typically take pills once a day to control the condition.
But this could soon change if the trial is successful.
Dr Manesh Saxena, the lead clinical director for the trial, said: “We need to wait for the results from the ongoing studies but a very similar medication called inclisiran has been very successful in patients with high cholesterol levels.
“This study is using a drug called Zilebesiran which will be used in patients to treat their high blood pressure.”
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The new injection would be administered underneath your skin every six months.
The doctor continued: “It goes into the liver to block the production of a protein called angiotensinogen, which plays a very important role in driving up blood pressure.”
“If these studies are successful, we think we will have a game-changer on our hands for efficient blood pressure control,” Dr Saxena told ITV.
Around 100 patients in the UK will be trialling this promising treatment, with further 530 people taking part worldwide.
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