Every month in your Pleine Vie magazine, Doctor Brigitte Blond answers readers’ questions. Here, she answers a question asked by Suzanne R. from Menton (Alpes-Maritimes).
When you are diagnosed with high blood pressure (confirmed if your blood pressure is also high at home), you are advised to eat less salt, to move more and, to reach 140/90 safety with regard to vascular risk. , to take two molecules
different from the outset, usually in a single tablet.
High blood pressure: how to treat yourself when you have hypertension?
Take it step by step
Hypertensive patients are rarely “controlled” with just one medication: 60% of patients are controlled with two and three are needed for everyone to be controlled. The antihypertensive agent selected depends on the condition of the heart and other vascular risk factors. In old age (after 85 years), we proceed in stages, molecule by molecule, without increasing the dose of one before having introduced the other.
How to contact Dr Blond?
Any advice or clarification? Write to me! Since your mail is abundant, it is impossible to respond to everyone, especially since each case is particular and complex, which sometimes requires me to seek the advice of a specialist. Consulting your family doctor is an irreplaceable first step.
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Article published in Pleine Vie magazine N°0455 of April 1, 2024
