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Moderate to mild hypertension must take antihypertensive drugs?

Dr. Jordan Hayes
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2025-05-23 18:00:54
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For patients with moderate to mild hypertension
, if there are no obvious symptoms and the onset time is short, you can control blood pressure by changing living habits and diet structure, increasing physical exercise and other non-drug treatment means. If the above methods control blood pressure within 4-12 weeks, you usually do not need to take antihypertensive drugs. If the above methods do not control blood pressure within 4-12 weeks or the patient has obvious discomfort symptoms, the doctor may recommend that the patient take antihypertensive drugs to control blood pressure. Common drugs are hydrochlorothiazide, spironolactone, furosemide, reserpine, etc.