# Pausing blood pressure meds on day of surgery benefits older adults

Source: [Medical Xpress - latest medical and health news stories](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-blood-pressure-meds-day-surgery.html) · 2026-11-11 · Medicine
Page: https://themorning.science/story/pausing-blood-pressure-meds-on-day-of-surgery-benefits-older-adults-d0d08e2f65c0bb96
Kind: research · Impact: medium

## In brief

- A trial of older adults found that pausing a patient's usual blood pressure medication on the day of surgery reduced the rate of very low blood pressure requiring treatment during the operation.
- Compared with taking the medication as normal, the pause lowered the rate of this complication.
- The trial was published by The BMJ.

## Why it matters

Perioperative management of blood pressure medication in older surgical patients may change, with fewer episodes of treatment-requiring hypotension during operations.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-12: Trial finding published in The BMJ and reported by Medical Xpress

## Coverage

- [Pausing blood pressure meds on day of surgery benefits older adults](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-blood-pressure-meds-day-surgery.html) — Medical Xpress - latest medical and health news stories, 2026-11-11

Tags: blood pressure, surgery, older adults, anesthesia, clinical trial, medication

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