What antihypertensive drugs can diabetics take if they have high blood pressure? Diabetic patients should take antihypertensive drugs once their blood pressure is higher than 130/80 mmHg. Diabetes combined with hypertension patients commonly used antihypertensive drugs are these five categories: 1, ACEI (angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors), such as Benazepril, Captopril, etc.; 2, ARB (angiotensin receptor blockers), such as Irbesartan, Coxsartan, etc.; 3, CCB (calcium antagonists), such as Amlodipine, Nifedipine, etc.; 4, diuretics, such as hydrochlorothiazide, etc.; 5, beta receptor blockers, such as metoprolol tartrate, etc. Among them, ACEI and ARB these two types of drugs, in addition to antihypertensive effect, there is a little hypoglycemic effect, is the preferred antihypertensive drugs for patients with diabetes combined with hypertension. However, it should be noted that ACEI and ARB these two types of antihypertensive drugs can not be used in combination, only one of them as the first choice, with other antihypertensive drugs to use. The other common antihypertensive drug, alpha blocker, is generally not used because there are no studies to prove its benefit for patients with diabetes combined with hypertension. A patient asks: Can I take the antihypertensive medication prescribed by my doctor if my blood sugar rises a bit after taking it? Yes, you can take it. Antihypertensive drugs such as diuretics may raise blood sugar a little, but the effect of this increase is very weak and basically negligible. This effect can be offset by adding a little bit of glucose-lowering medication, so patients should not worry. A patient asks: Can I take just one of the several antihypertensive drugs prescribed by my doctor? There is a general rule for the use of antihypertensive drugs, called the “10mmHg rule”, which simply means that one antihypertensive drug can generally lower blood pressure by 10mmHg. So when a diabetic’s blood pressure reaches 160/100mmHg, more than two antihypertensive drugs are needed to lower blood pressure to 130/80mmHg or less. If a patient takes only one type of medication without permission, it will be difficult to reach the blood pressure standard. Diabetes combined with hypertension, after taking antihypertensive drugs to lower blood pressure to normal, can I stop taking them? Diabetes and hypertension are both chronic diseases that can only be controlled by various methods, but not cured. For patients with diabetes combined with hypertension, antihypertensive drugs must be taken for a long time, and they must be taken regularly every day. There is a saying that “it is better to eat one less meal than to take one less medication”, taking antihypertensive drugs is more stringent than taking hypoglycemic drugs. Is it dangerous if blood pressure drops very low after taking antihypertensive medication? What should I do? Blood pressure should not drop too low, especially diastolic blood pressure, or low pressure as the people say, if it is lower than 60mmHg, the heart will be ischemic, and the blood supply to the brain will be insufficient, and patients will experience dizziness and other symptoms. Once the patient finds his blood pressure drops very low, he needs to go to the hospital in time to let the doctor adjust the antihypertensive drugs, and cannot stop the drugs by himself.