Lexaria Bioscience Corp LEXX

“Over the initial 24 hours, Lexaria’s 2021 hypertension prog

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“Over the initial 24 hours, Lexaria’s 2021 hypertension program is now delivering blood pressure reduction results competitive with – and in some cases even superior to – established oral pharmaceutical hypertension drugs,” said Chris Bunka, CEO of Lexaria. “DehydraTECH-CBD demonstrated a sustained and augmented effect upon blood pressure attenuation throughout the day, indicating effectiveness of the repeat dosing treatment schedule used in this study.” DehydraTECH-CBD triggered its most significant effects upon BP attenuation through the overnight period while subjects slept and in the early morning period. This observation could have tremendous value therapeutically as these periods of the day are most often associated with cardiac stress and infarct events in hypertensive patients when people rise suddenly from and/or become increasingly active relative to the supine/sleeping state. Analysis of the physical activity levels of the volunteers with mild to moderate hypertension during the 24-hour monitored period showed no significant differences in activity between the placebo and the DehydraTECH-CBD treated volunteers, indicating that the observed differences in BP were not due to disparate physical movement or demands. Other studies of coronary heart disease (“CHD”) have concluded that “lowering systolic pressure by 10 mmHg or diastolic pressure by 5 mmHg using any of the main classes of drugs reduced CHD events (fatal and nonfatal) by about a quarter and stroke by about a third, regardless of the presence or absence of vascular disease and of pretreatment BP. Heart failure is also reduced by about 25%.” Lexaria was also pleased that, as in past studies, its DehydraTECH-CBD was well tolerated by all subjects, with no serious adverse events or side effects observed or reported or incidence differences between groups. Over 100 million adult Americans have high blood pressure, but only one in four of those have the condition under control. Many patients stop taking their medications because of troublesome side effects: some diuretics can cause excessive urination, beta blockers can cause erectile dysfunction, calcium-channel blockers can cause leg swelling, and ACE inhibitors can lead to persistent cough. Lexaria believes that its DehydraTECH-CBD may introduce a more tolerable anti-hypertensive treatment option that may be used alone or in combination with other medications, to reduce BP with fewer discouraging and unwanted side effects. Next Steps Data analysis from this study is continuing and additional outcomes will be reported upon when complete. On July 29, 2021, Lexaria reported it was “optimistic that repeat dosing such as this over a sustained period may further enhance efficacy,” and is delighted to have now shown this by way of the 3-dose and 24-hour monitoring used in study HYPER-H21-2. The results of these first two human clinical hypertension studies are being carefully evaluated and considered before