How to make my mother accept taking her medicine and stick with her cardiologist??
So sorry to hear about your mother’s recent aortic dissection and her persistent search for a doctor to discontinue her blood pressure medication. Many times a life threatening event, as the one she had, is enough to convince people of the importance of blood pressure control. The latest guidelines recommend everyone’s blood pressure be less than 120/80 mmHg. Consistent readings above this level can lead to heart failure, kidney failure, heart attack and stroke to name a few other conditions. Many people come in with a perfect diet, regular exercise routine and an ideal weight but still suffer from high blood pressure. As the doctors have said, this is probably due to genetics or family history that your mom has. There is no other option but blood pressure medicine if all lifestyle changes have been made. Unfortunately, all you can do is continue to impress the importance of the medicine on your mother. You can also refer back to the fact she almost lost her life due to the uncontrolled high blood pressure and that this can happen again. It is especially important now for her to keep her blood pressure low following the aortic dissection. Hopefully with her past history, she will not find a physician willing to discontinue her medication!
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