Table 1: Morning versus evening administration of once-daily oral cardiovascular drugs.

Medications Optimal dosing time References
Favoring evening dosing Favoring morning dosing Indifferent dosing time
Perindopril [4]
Ramipril [5]
Candesartan [6,7]
Olmesartan [8]
[9,10]
Valsartan [11]
[12,13]
Nebivolol [14]
Nifedipine gastrointestinal therapeutic system [15,16]
Amlodipine [17]
Diuretics (thiazides, torasemide)a [19,20]
Valsartan/hydrochlorothiazide [21]
Indapamide/losartan [22]
Amlodipine/hydrochlorothiazide [23]
Amlodipine/valsartan [24,25]
[26]
Amlodipine/olmesartan [27]
[28]
Amlodipine/telmisartan [29]
Amlodipine/fosinopril [30]
Miscellaneous combination of antihypertensives √ (Ingesting ≥ 1 antihypertensives) [31-39]
Cardiovascular polypills (aspirin, simvastatin, lisinopril, hydrochlorothiazide) [40]
Simvastatin immediate-release [41]
Controlled-release simvastatin [42,43]
Ezetimibe/simvastatin [44]
Rivaroxaban [45]
Aspirin [46-48,51]
[49,50]

Notes: aMorning dosing could still be used for patients with troublesome night-time diuresis with poor quality sleep; √: Given.