One of the misconceptions: taking medication based on feelings Many elderly patients with hypertension usually do not measure their blood pressure, and take medication based on their feelings alone, and take less or even no medication when they do not feel unwell. The unknowingly high and low blood pressure or fall too fast will also appear dizziness, headache and other uncomfortable symptoms. Blindly taking medication without measuring blood pressure will not only fail to control blood pressure stability, but also worsen the condition and induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders. Myth No. 2: Intermittent medication Some elderly people take blood pressure medication for a period of time, see the symptoms improve blood pressure down to normal, that is, “cured”, they will stop the medication, after a period of time to see the blood pressure rise again after the medication. In this way with stop, artificially make blood pressure lower – higher – lower – higher, so the human body is more harmful, not only will contribute to the deterioration of the disease, and can make the body produce drug resistance, is not conducive to further treatment. Myth No. 3: No hypertension symptoms do not take medication Some elderly hypertensive patients, although very high blood pressure, but usually without any conscious symptoms, because there is no other physical discomfort, these people rarely take medication or do not take medication at all. Pathologically speaking, asymptomatic hypertension without medication for a long time can aggravate the condition and induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders. Myth No. 4: Lowering blood pressure too fast Some elderly hypertensive patients are eager to cure the disease, often doubling their medication or several drugs, resulting in a significant drop in blood pressure within a few days. Lowering blood pressure too quickly can lead to cerebral infarction and other serious consequences of insufficient blood supply to the brain. Myth No. 5: Bedtime medication Some elderly hypertensive patients like to take antihypertensive drugs before bedtime, thinking that the treatment effect will be better. In fact, this is a misunderstanding, after sleep, the whole body nerves, muscles, blood vessels and heart are in a relaxed state, blood pressure than during the day to drop about 20%. If you take the drug before bed, two hours later is the peak of the drug, which leads to a significant drop in blood pressure, so that the heart, brain, kidneys and other important organs of insufficient blood supply, so that the blood platelets, fibrin and other clotting substances in the blood vessels accumulate into blocks, blocking the cerebral vessels, triggering ischemic stroke. Misconception No. 6: Abuse and indiscriminate use of drugs hypertension is divided into three stages according to its condition and the damage to its organs, and the treatment of hypertension differs for each stage. Some elderly people suffering from hypertension do not take medication according to medical advice, but according to other people’s prescriptions for the treatment of hypertension, or believe in the propaganda of advertising, which will inevitably lead to the treatment of the wrong disease, medicine is not the right disease, often delaying the treatment of the disease. Therefore, elderly patients with hypertension must strictly follow the doctor’s prescription or under the guidance of the doctor when using the correct medication. In this way, the therapeutic effect of drugs can be better played to achieve the purpose of both effective control of blood pressure stability and reduce complications.