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Should you take your blood pressure medicine if your blood pressure is normal?
Medication can help control blood pressure, but it will not cure it, even if your blood pressure readings appear normal. Do not stop taking medications if you reach “normal.” When taking medication, it remains important to track and manage your blood pressure.
Can you come off blood pressure medication?
We found that stopping antihypertensive medications is possible in older adults. Most of the older people in the discontinuation groups did not need to restart their medication. We found low certainty of evidence that stopping antihypertensive medication increased blood pressure by a small amount.
Is your medication keeping your blood pressure “normal”?
Instead of making the necessary changes to increase heart health and reduce the risk of heart disease, we simply rely on the medication to keep us “normal.”The truth is, the medication has brought your blood pressure to a normal level, but it has not corrected it permanently. It is simply controlling the symptoms of high blood pressure.
What should I do if my blood pressure reading is normal?
Medication can help control blood pressure, but it will not cure it, even if your blood pressure readings appear normal. Do not stop taking medications if you reach “normal.” When taking medication, it remains important to track and manage your blood pressure.
When should adults over 60 take blood pressure medications?
Adults aged 60 or older should only take blood pressure medication if their blood pressure exceeds 150/90, which sets a higher bar for treatment than the current guideline of 140/90, according to the report, published online Dec. 18 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The expert panel…
What happens if you take too much blood pressure medicine?
Taking medicine at the wrong doses or times or stopping high blood pressure medicine suddenly can be downright dangerous to your health. If your blood pressure remains too high, you’re more likely to develop other serious problems such as heart attacks, stroke, or kidney disease.