Reasonable arrangements for measuring blood pressure, medication effects identified

The role of different antihypertensive drug is different, every day taking a long-acting formulations, such as Mengnuo, Tongxinluo live-hi, antihypertensive effect sustainable around 24 hours, while short-acting agents a short time, such as Captopril, heartache Scheduled, to be taken three times daily, 6-8 hours after the medication effect that disappeared in the validity of preparation time of about 12 hours to be taken twice daily, such as slow-release verapamil, and so on. In order to determine the three different formulations of the drug antihypertensive effect, it is necessary in the following several hours of self-blood pressure.

(1) wake up every day early morning when blood pressure. At this point reflects the level of blood pressure drugs reduce blood pressure and the continuing effects of sleep at night when the blood pressure situation. If the blood pressure at night and sleep during the day at the same level, it should be in appropriate clothes before going to bed and antihypertensive drugs;

(2), 2-6, after serving antihypertensive drug-hour blood pressure. Because of short-acting formulations in general after taking two hours to achieve the greatest degree of relief, and long-term effect of antihypertensive agents role in taking the peak hour after a 2-4,3-6, at this time of pressure reflects the basic drugs The biggest buck effect;

(3) patients in the beginning of antihypertensive drug use or for use of other drugs, in addition to the above period, should be measured once every few hours, or a 24-hour blood pressure monitoring, to confirm the antihypertensive effect and whether there are fluctuations in blood pressure;

The right of self-control blood pressure, can more objectively reflect the effects of drugs, help doctors timely adjustment of drug dosage and medication, if necessary combined to achieve better control of blood pressure goals.