Open AccessMelatonin and hypertension: a possible role in combination therapy
Author(s) -
A. V. Budnevsky,
Evgeniy Ovsyannikov,
Н. В. Резова,
Yanina S. Shkatova
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
terapevtičeskij arhiv
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.181
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2309-5342
pISSN - 0040-3660
DOI - 10.17116/terarkh20178912122-126
Subject(s) - melatonin , medicine , blood pressure , endogeny , clinical trial , endocrinology , pharmacology
This literature review gives the results of clinical trials studying the association of the level of endogenous melatonin and blood pressure (BP), the effects of exogenous melatonin on BP (particularly at night) in relation to the used rapid- or controlled-release formulation of melatonin.