Consequences of sudden discontinuation of sartan antihypertensive drugs

Sudden discontinuation of sartan antihypertensive drugs, there are other antihypertensive drugs instead of blood pressure control, generally no adverse consequences; there is no other antihypertensive drugs instead of the elevated blood pressure will increase the risk of cardiovascular events. Sartan antihypertensive drugs commonly have Irbesartan, timosartan, etc., there is no dependence, suddenly stopping the drug with the gradual metabolism of the drug, blood pressure gradually rise, easy to induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events, myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, heart failure, cerebral hemorrhage and so on. If there are other antihypertensive drugs instead, such as calcium antagonists, amlodipine, nifedipine, etc., as long as the blood pressure is well controlled is not harmful. Patients with high blood pressure should not stop any of the antihypertensive drugs suddenly and privately. If you want to change drugs, you must change to other classes of antihypertensive drugs under the guidance of your doctor to keep your blood pressure under control.