Taking any form of medication on a daily basis can be challenging. Our busy schedules can make it easy to forget to take medicines as prescribed. Nevertheless, it is vitally important to find some way to remember to take your high blood pressure medicine. To help give you a edge in this area, the National High Blood Pressure Education Program has provided some helpful hints:
Put a favorite picture of your self or a loved one on the refrigerator with a note that says, "Remember to Take Your Blood Pressure Medicine"
Keep your high blood pressure medicine on the nightstand next to your side of the bed.
Take your high blood pressure medicine right after you brush your teeth and keep it with your toothbrush as a reminder.
Put "sticky" notes in visible places to remind yourself to take your high blood pressure medicine, i.e., on the refrigerator, on the cabinet where you keep your favorite morning mug (you might even keep the medicine bottle inside the mug), on the bathroom mirror, on the front door.
Ask a friend or relative to call your telephone answering machine to remind you to take your blood pressure medicine and DO NOT erase the message.
Establish a buddy system with a friend who also is on daily medication and arrange to call each other every day with a reminder to "take your medicine".
Ask one or more of your children or grandchildren to call you every day with a quick reminder. It's a great way to stay in touch and little ones love to help the grown-ups!
Place your medicine in a weekly pillbox, available at most pharmacies.
Remember to refill your prescription. Each time you pick up a refill, make a note on your calendar one-week before the medicine is due to run out, to order and pick up the next refill.
National High Blood Pressure Education Program, www.nhlbi.gov
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