Why Do So Many People Fail To Take Their Blood Pressure Medicine?
There are lots of different reasons for people failing to follow their doctor’s instructions and take prescribed medication but one important factor which affects people taking blood pressure medicine is the overall nature of their course of therapy. In general people like life to be simple and if taking their medication is easy and doesn’t interfere with their lifestyle then all is well. However, treatment for high blood pressure often involves not simply taking a daily pill, but often taking several different pills and combining this with considerable lifestyle changes such as the need to lose weight by following a low salt diet and taking some form of daily exercise. Combine this with the fact that high blood pressure doesn’t present any symptoms so that they feel fine and it is easy to see why so many people just find it all too much trouble.