Can you stop your antihypertensive medication?

  If you suffer from high blood pressure during the medication can not be stopped.  Because blood pressure can only be controlled smoothly if you take antihypertensive drugs regularly, once you stop taking antihypertensive drugs, blood pressure can fluctuate significantly, which is more detrimental to your health. It has been proven that if you do not take antihypertensive drugs regularly, blood pressure is not smoothly controlled, blood pressure fluctuations for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular damage is greater than the case of no antihypertensive drugs.  Some patients with hypertension take antihypertensive drugs for a period of time, repeatedly measuring blood pressure are normal levels and mistakenly believe that their hypertension has been cured, they will arbitrarily stop the drug, this idea and practice are wrong. To date, there is no drug or treatment that can completely cure hypertension.  For patients with hypertension, it is important to choose the right antihypertensive drug according to their blood pressure level and other complications or other diseases, and it is best to choose a long-acting antihypertensive drug, which will help to control blood pressure smoothly. At the same time in life should also pay attention to avoid high salt and high fat diet, should also avoid staying up late, stop smoking and alcohol, should also be more exercise, these measures are helpful for blood pressure control.  Therefore, for patients with hypertension, they must pay attention to taking antihypertensive drugs on time and regularly, and must not stop them blindly.