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High blood pressure is the no 1 risk factor for death & disablity in the world.
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Why do I need to take my blood pressure medication as advised and regularly?
Medicines work in your body and there is a delicate balance which has to be maintained in the body.
 
What's right, just for you?
Finding the right medicine for you, in the right dose in the right combination may take time. So please, take your medicines at the right time in the right dose as prescribed by the doctor, for him to be able to decide what is just right for you. At times, a combination of blood pressure medicines, in a lower dose, may be able to more effectively lower the blood pressure, with fewer side-effects.
 
Once the blood pressure is controlled, then..

Once the blood pressure is controlled many people give up medicines thinking "Now I don't need them". This is incorrect. The blood pressure medicine has helped to normalize your blood pressure and giving up the medicine will result in an increase of blood pressure.

Sometimes, in the long-run, it may be possible to decrease your blood pressure medication. But this again should be done only, by your doctor, with a constant check on your blood pressure.

 
Health losses due to missing medication
High blood pressure does not have any immediate signs and symptoms in majority of the people. The effects of missing your blood pressure medication may not be felt and noticed by you in your daily life. Health losses due to missing medication are seen and experienced only in the long-run.

Missing medication leads to health losses which become apparent only in the long run and over-time. It may lead to:
  • Heart disease
  • Stroke (paralysis)
  • Kidney disease
  • Retinopathy (Loss of vision)
  • Peripheral vascular disease (Pain in the legs on walking, or even gangrene)
 
Take your blood pressure medicines regularly !
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