Although people are already familiar with hypertension, but clinically we often find that many hypertensive patients do not know enough about the treatment of hypertension, resulting in poor blood pressure control, antihypertensive treatment is not up to standard. Common treatment misconceptions are: 1. No symptoms do not take drugs. Many hypertensive patients do not have obvious symptoms, and some hypertensive patients without symptoms have quite high blood pressure, often due to neglect of treatment and serious complications, therefore, hypertensive patients should not be treated based on the presence or absence of clinical symptoms, but based on the level of elevated blood pressure, hypertensive patients without symptoms should also be actively treated. 2. Only take medicine, not measuring blood pressure. Many patients think that they are taking antihypertensive drugs, so they do not need to measure their blood pressure, which is also incorrect. The purpose of blood pressure lowering is to make the blood pressure control standard, the general requirement of blood pressure control below 140/90mmHg, if you do not measure blood pressure, you do not know whether the blood pressure control standard, also do not know whether the purpose of antihypertensive treatment is achieved. Therefore, patients with hypertension should have their blood pressure measured frequently while taking medication. 3. Take medication only when blood pressure is high, and stop taking it when it comes down. This practice can make blood pressure fluctuate more, which is very bad for health. Once you stop taking antihypertensive drugs, your blood pressure will soon rise again. Therefore, even if your blood pressure drops, you need to take your medication regularly so that the concentration of antihypertensive drugs is more stable, which will help to control your blood pressure smoothly. 4. worried about taking antihypertensive drugs can not stop, delayed taking antihypertensive drugs. High blood pressure is still difficult to cure, and requires long-term drug treatment. Some people believe that antihypertensive drugs will have drug resistance, which is not based on science. Once blood pressure rises to the point where drug therapy is needed, timely drug intervention should be performed to better protect target organs and reduce complications. 5. No matter what antihypertensive drugs are, take them only once a day. There are many types of antihypertensive drugs, different pharmacological properties of different antihypertensive drugs, some have a long half-life and belong to the long-acting antihypertensive drugs, while some have a short half-life and belong to the short-acting antihypertensive drugs, therefore, the method of taking them is also different, most of the long-acting antihypertensive drugs can be taken once a day, but short-acting antihypertensive drugs need to be taken twice or three times a day in order to effectively control blood pressure. We generally recommend choosing long-acting antihypertensive drugs.