Patient's question:
My mother currently has high blood pressure and it has reached 180. In the past two years, my mother has been maintaining her condition with antihypertensive medication. Now, my mother says she wants to stop taking the medication. Can high blood pressure be stopped with medication? What are the consequences?Doctor's answer:
Hypertension generally requires long-term antihypertensive medication for control. However, if hypertension recurs and blood pressure can be completely controlled through dietary and lifestyle adjustments, it may not be necessary to rely solely on antihypertensive medication. Currently, this situation mainly involves making predictions based on blood pressure readings. If blood pressure cannot be controlled through dietary and lifestyle adjustments, long-term antihypertensive medication is required.