Remind hypertensive patients: you should pay attention to these 3 points when taking medicine, otherwise blood pressure will not drop but rise!
Hypertension should be familiar to everyone. In China, the incidence of this chronic disease is quite high. On average, in every 4-person family, at least 1 person is troubled by primary hypertension.
Many people mistakenly believe that the reason why the diagnosis of hypertension requires medication is simply to control the blood pressure, but the truth is far less simple than everyone thinks.
The real scary part of high blood pressure is actually the various complications caused by the continuous increase in blood pressure, including cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, heart disease, kidney disease and so on. Even a mild increase in blood pressure can shorten life expectancy .
Therefore, the ultimate goal of antihypertensive treatment is to minimize the incidence of complications in hypertensive patients and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
From a clinical point of view, as long as the arterial systolic blood pressure exceeds 140 mmhg and the systolic blood pressure exceeds 90 mmhg , and life adjustment is ineffective, antihypertensive drugs need to be taken for treatment.
Because so far, there is no way to completely cure the disease, so patients can only take long-term or even life-long medication . However, since each patient's specific condition, age, physical fitness, etc. are different, drug treatment cannot be generalized .
So the question is, how to choose the right medication for hypertensive patients?
1. Start with a small dose
The principle of medication for hypertension is to start with a small dose, and preferably a limited choice of long-acting preparations. The so- called long- acting preparations refer to the type of antihypertensive drugs with a half-life of 24 hours or more, which can control blood pressure throughout the day when taken once a day .
This can not only improve blood pressure control, but also increase the patient's medication compliance. For example , amlodipine is a common long-acting drug that reduces the risk of poor morning blood pressure control;
2. Combination medication
At present, there are six main types of drugs for the clinical treatment of hypertension, and there are certain differences in the mechanism of action, half-life and metabolic channels of different drugs. After the patient starts the drug, the blood pressure changes should be monitored regularly and regularly to see if a drug can stabilize the blood pressure.
If the blood pressure does not show any downward trend after taking the drug for a period of time, in this case, the patient should seek medical advice in time, change the drug according to the doctor's suggestion, or choose to use a combination of multiple antihypertensive drugs , which will increase the effect of blood pressure lowering. , it will not cause physical burden and side effects;
3. Compliance
Once a patient starts taking antihypertensive medication, the most important point is medication compliance. Some patients often fall into the misunderstanding of treatment, thinking that the drop in blood pressure is the result of the improvement and recovery of the condition.
But in fact, antihypertensive drugs cannot cure high blood pressure. The reason why blood pressure drops is because the drugs are still working in the body.
Therefore, if the patient does not have excellent medication compliance, such as arbitrarily increasing the dosage, reducing or stopping the medication, changing the medication at will , etc., the treatment effect may be affected, and the previous control effect will be wasted. Once the blood pressure fluctuates repeatedly , but also increases the chance of low blood pressure, complications , and no health benefits.
Finally, it should be emphasized that it is not possible to generalize how hypertensive patients choose and take medicines. As mentioned above, every patient's situation is different.
Therefore, after being diagnosed with high blood pressure, patients should not follow the advice of others, but should actively consult the attending doctor and start relevant treatment according to the doctor's advice.