Some people think that as long as they take the medication, everything will be fine and they don’t have to worry about it anymore, so they never pay attention to their blood pressure values and don’t measure their blood pressure regularly. This may bring two kinds of adverse consequences: First, the wrong ideology, that in taking anti-hypertensive drugs, can not give up unhealthy lifestyle, wrong diet, weight loss instead of weight gain, etc., resulting in unsatisfactory blood pressure control, so that coronary heart disease, cerebral hemorrhage and other serious consequences; Second, improve the lifestyle, reduce their weight at the same time still according to the initial blood pressure level continued to take drugs, not to the existing The blood pressure level is not monitored in a timely manner, resulting in the occurrence of hypotension. In addition, the principles of antihypertensive medicine emphasize individualized use, one of which is to monitor and record blood pressure on a regular basis so that the relationship between medication and blood pressure changes can be understood, and to know what dose or combination of medications is needed to keep blood pressure at the desired level. So how often should people with hypertension have their blood pressure measured? In general, blood pressure should be measured every six months, and twice a day during medication adjustments. In hypertensive patients, is it better to control blood pressure as low as possible? Without a doubt, the answer is no. Patients with hypertension should keep their blood pressure within a certain range by improving their lifestyle and taking antihypertensive medications, not the lower the better. For adults, the goal of blood pressure control is less than 140/90 mm Hg. For elderly patients with hypertension, the goal of blood pressure reduction can be relaxed to less than 150/90 mm Hg, and if tolerated, it can be reduced to less than 140/90 mm Hg. In diabetic patients, the blood pressure should be lowered to 139/85 or less.