Do you know these medication misunderstandings? The official release of the top ten medication tips (Part 2) ▏Control blood pressure and persist, and stop taking medication at will to hurt your body

“What is high blood pressure?”

“How to measure blood pressure correctly?”

"As a patient with high blood pressure, if my blood pressure has dropped, can I stop taking medication or take less on my own?"

“How should patients with high blood pressure take medication?”

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Recently, the State Food and Drug Administration issued the "Top Ten Medication Tips for the Public" to remind the public to avoid medication misunderstandings. Let us interpret them together.

Keep your blood pressure under control.

Stopping medication at will harms your body!

01What is hypertension?

According to the "Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension in China", if blood pressure is measured in a hospital clinic more than three times on different days without taking antihypertensive drugs, and the systolic blood pressure is ≥140mmHg and/or the diastolic blood pressure is ≥90mmHg, then hypertension can be diagnosed, and the degree of blood pressure can be divided into different levels.

02How to measure blood pressure correctly?

03As a patient with hypertension, if my blood pressure has dropped , can I stop taking medicine or take less medicine on my own?

The answer is NO!

As a patient with hypertension, if you stop taking medication for a long time or use it intermittently without authorization, it will cause serious harm to your health and even increase the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications such as myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, and heart failure.

Therefore, patients with hypertension who do not meet the conditions for stopping medication must give up the idea of ​​stopping medication and insist on taking medication!

04How do patients with hypertension take medication?

① Follow the doctor's advice and take antihypertensive drugs regularly.

② Start with a small dose and gradually increase to the appropriate dose.

③ Medication should be individualized, taking into account comprehensive treatment of comorbidities. If one drug does not provide ideal control, combination therapy should be adopted.

④ If the doctor determines that the medication can be reduced, the principle of reducing the dosage is to reduce it slowly and steadily. It is worth noting that if the medication is combined, the dosage should be reduced first, rather than directly reducing one of the drugs.

Source: Chongqing Banan District Second People's Hospital

Review experts: Zhang Zhenghong, Du Guo

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