Lesson 7 - Tips, Games, and More!

Back to Hypertension Channel

Remember that list of questions you were supposed to ask your doctor about your medication? Well, if you forgot to do it, here's the list again. If your hypertension is advanced enough that your doctor prescribed medication to help control it, then you need to make sure you always follow your doctor's instructions on when, where, and how to take it. Here are some tips to help you do it:

• Put a favorite picture of yourself or a loved one on the refrigerator with a note that says, "Remember to take your high blood pressure medicine."

• Keep your medication next to your alarm clock on your nightstand.

• Place sticky notes behind cupboard doors, in your car, and on your bathroom mirror to remind yourself to take your medication. Move them around every so often to make sure you're not ignoring them.

• Ask a friend or relative to call your telephone answering machine to remind you to take your medication, and DO NOT erase the message.

• Find a buddy who is also on daily medication and arrange to call each other every day with a reminder.

• Ask one or more of your children or grandchildren to call you every day with a quick reminder. It's a great way to keep in touch, and children just love helping grown-ups with important stuff.

• Keep your high blood pressure medicine next to your toothbrush — this way, you can always take your medication right after you brush your teeth, ensuring you get your daily does of medication along with that fluoride!

• Try using a special pillbox that helps keep your pills organized. You can buy these containers at most drugstores.

• 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.

Copyright © 2000-2024 savvyHEALTH.com. All rights reserved.