Precautions for using antihypertensive drugs?

(1) Antihypertensive should not be based on feelings, just take it if you want to, and not take it if you don't, but you must monitor your blood pressure frequently to master your blood pressure rules and the effect of drugs to lower blood pressure.

(2) Long-term adherence to antihypertensive therapy can not be stopped casually, some drugs suddenly stopped, it will produce rebound phenomenon, so that blood pressure suddenly increased, even higher than before taking the drug, easy to accidents.

(3) When choosing drugs, it is necessary to minimize or eliminate the side effects of drugs. One drug can't increase the dose blindly if it is not satisfied with antihypertensive drugs. It can be combined with another drug to reduce side effects.

(4) In order to prevent the blood pressure from fluctuating too much to reduce the damage to target organs caused by fluctuations in blood pressure, try to use long-acting antihypertensive drugs to lower blood pressure smoothly.

(5) When taking medicine, try to choose to take it before the peak blood pressure, such as 7 to 10 in the morning, 3 to 6 in the afternoon is the peak blood pressure, before this is 6 am and 2 pm. Of course, everyone's blood pressure peak time is not exactly the same, it is better to monitor the blood pressure to master the rule of taking medicine.

As long as you pay attention to the above points, then adhere to non-medicine treatment, that is, a low-salt and low-fat diet, exercise properly, quit smoking and alcohol, and maintain a happy mood, but not too excited or sad, you can keep blood pressure normal.