-- Pycnogenol Reduces Need For Hypertension Drugs

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-- Pycnogenol Reduces Need For Hypertension Drugs

 

High blood pressure patients can significantly reduce their

prescription medication by taking an antioxidant supplement to

improve heart health, show the results of a new clinical study.

Published in January's issue of Life Sciences (74(7):855-62), the

double-blind, placebo-controlled study demonstrated that 58

participants with high blood pressure medication were able to cut

their dosage of prescribed medication in half when they supplemented

with the French maritime pine tree bark extract Pycnogenol.

 

High blood pressure is estimated to affect one out of every four

American adults due to stress, older age and obesity.

 

Research has previously suggested that antioxidants can both reduce

inflammation and fight free radicals that may damage heart health.

Studies on Pycnogenol, the brand name of a natural plant extract

from the bark of the Maritime pine that grows along the coast of

southwest France, have associated its combination of procyanidins

and bioflavonoids, with numerous heart health benefits, including

lower bad (LDL) cholesterol, a reduction in platelet activity,

relaxed artery constriction and improvements in circulation.

 

The new research at the Chinese Medical Science Research Institute

in Beijing found that supplementation with 100mg Pycnogenol over a

period of 12 weeks helped to reduce patients' dose of the calcium

antagonist nifedipine in a statistically significant manner, said

the researchers.

 

Both groups experienced mild gastrointestinal problems, vertigo,

headache and nausea but these were not greater in the Pycnogenol

group.

 

" Taking into account its ability to inhibit platelet aggregation and

its diverse anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory actions, we suggest

that French maritime pine tree bark extract offers a broad spectrum

of protection for the patient with high blood pressure, " said Peter

Rohdewald from the Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University

of Munster, one of the authors of this study.

 

The extract been widely studied for the past 35 years and is

available in over 140 dietary supplements, multi-vitamins and health

products worldwide. It is distributed in North America by Natural

Health Science (NHS) based in Hillside, New Jersey, for its

manufacturer Horphag Research.

 

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