When it comes to high blood pressure, many people know that it is a common chronic disease of middle-aged and elderly people, and after being diagnosed with high blood pressure, patients need to stabilize blood pressure by taking drugs for a long time.
However, many people usually take drugs irregularly, eat once when blood pressure is high, and do not eat when blood pressure is normal, which can easily lead to large fluctuations in blood pressure, and when the condition is not controlled, it is easy to induce some serious complications.
So for patients with high blood pressure, do not stop the drug as soon as the blood pressure is stable, this practice is wrong, so why does high blood pressure need to take drugs for a long time? Under what circumstances can a patient stop taking antihypertensive medications?
The reason why high blood pressure requires long-term antihypertensive drugs is related to the following two factors.
1. Normal blood pressure is only temporary
Under normal circumstances, the blood pressure of normal people will rise and fall within a day, especially in the morning and afternoon, the blood pressure will be higher. If the blood pressure of patients with hypertension is normal, it can only mean that the blood pressure control is better, but in the morning and afternoon every day, the blood pressure will still rise.
If at this time affected by external factors, blood pressure will fluctuate, it will lead to a continuous rise in blood pressure, there will be no decline, patients will increase the chance of complications because blood pressure is not controlled, the most direct situation is stroke.
2. Antihypertensive drugs have a time limit
After taking antihypertensive drugs, they will be absorbed by the body until the drugs take effect, fail and are excluded from the body, which takes a certain amount of time.
The reason why the patient's blood pressure is normal is exactly at this stage, during this time, the blood pressure will always be in a stable stage, but with the continuous passage of time, the drug effect will slowly disappear, and the blood pressure will slowly rise.
So when is it possible for a patient to stop taking antihypertensive drugs?
Patients with hypertension can stop the drug under the guidance of a doctor by adhering to moderate exercise, stabilizing mood and adjusting their diet, and when taking antihypertensive drugs, their blood pressure is within the normal range for a long time, and there is no fluctuation, or they are close to normal blood pressure standards.
However, it is necessary to pay special attention to the fact that the drug cannot be stopped at once, there must be a process, first reduce the amount of the drug taken, slowly stop the drug, and if the blood pressure is no longer elevated after the drug is stopped, it means that the drug can be stopped.
In addition, patients should also pay attention to the fact that even if they completely stop taking drugs, patients also need to monitor blood pressure regularly, because blood pressure is easily affected by some external factors and the patient's own factors and increase, regular monitoring of blood pressure can understand the situation of blood pressure, to avoid the situation of blood pressure rise and not know, resulting in serious consequences.
It can be seen that for patients with hypertension, whether they can stop taking antihypertensive drugs will mainly be affected by these factors mentioned above, if the patient's blood pressure is not well controlled, it is not possible to stop the drug, otherwise it is likely to induce serious complications and threaten the health of the body.
If the patient's blood pressure is consistent with the conditions mentioned above, the dose can be gradually reduced until the drug is stopped under the guidance of a doctor, but it is also necessary to monitor the blood pressure regularly.