{"id":18388,"date":"2016-09-09T13:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T07:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/?p=18388"},"modified":"2017-09-26T15:49:39","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T10:19:39","slug":"do-blood-pressure-medications-cause-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/do-blood-pressure-medications-cause-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Blood Pressure Medications Cause Diabetes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5201 size-full\" title=\"Do Blood Pressure Medications Cause Diabetes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/rsz_jpg-2.jpg\" alt=\"medical online store\" width=\"630\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>High blood pressure and diabetes are two extremely common health conditions and both the conditions are a risk factor for the other. In some people, diabetes and high blood pressure co-exist.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few facts about high blood pressure medications that you should know:<\/p>\n<p>-Blood pressure reducing medications help in lowering the blood pressure by acting at various levels in the body.<\/p>\n<p>-Earlier it was thought that beta blockers and thiazide diuretics, a class of high blood pressure reducing drugs, could lead to diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>-These thiazide drugs, increased the excretion of water from the body by increasing urine output.<\/p>\n<p>-This ultimately led to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/sugary-drinks-found-to-increase-risk-for-high-blood-pressure\/\">reduction in high blood pressure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>-However, now there is enough evidence and research to prove that blood pressure medications( beta blockers and \u00a0thiazides)\u00a0<strong>do not \u00a0increase the risk of diabetes or cause diabetes. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, the fact remains that untreated high blood pressure can increase the risk of diabetes type 2 in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>High blood pressure should be controlled well by dietary modifications, medications as prescribed by the doctor and regular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/otc\/trust-check-plus-blood-pressure-monitor-otc327288\">blood pressure monitoring<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/rsz_jpg-2.jpg\" alt=\"medical online store\" width=\"630\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[56,75,76,91],"class_list":["post-18388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diabetes","tag-anti-diabetic","tag-cardiac","tag-cardiovascular-diseases","tag-diabetes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Do Blood Pressure Medications Cause Diabetes? 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