{"id":50044,"date":"2025-04-25T21:21:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T01:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/mayo-health-library\/blood-pressure-medication-still-necessary-if-i-lose-weight\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:40:09","slug":"blood-pressure-medication-still-necessary-if-i-lose-weight","status":"publish","type":"mayo","link":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/fr\/mayo-health-library\/blood-pressure-medication-still-necessary-if-i-lose-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood pressure medication: Still necessary if I lose weight?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container mx-auto   wordpress-block wordpress- core-\">\n<p>If you&#8217;re overweight, losing even just 5 pounds (2.3 kilograms) can lower your blood pressure. The more weight you lose, the more blood pressure can drop. As you lose weight, it may be possible to reduce your dose of blood pressure medicine. Or you might be able to stop taking blood pressure medicine completely. Never make changes to your blood pressure medicine on your own, however. Talk to your healthcare team first.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, high blood pressure isn&#8217;t a condition you treat once and then ignore. Even if you&#8217;re safely able to stop taking blood pressure medicine, it&#8217;s always important to follow healthy habits. Here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eat a healthy diet high in vegetables, fruits and whole grains and low in salt, trans fats and saturated fats.<\/li>\n<li>Manage your weight.<\/li>\n<li>Get at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity every day.<\/li>\n<li>Limit or do not drink alcohol.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t smoke or use tobacco.<\/li>\n<li>Try to get 7 to 9 hours of sleep daily.<\/li>\n<li>Have regular health checkups to monitor blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Losing weight may reduce or end the need for blood pressure medicine.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[1686,1685,1682,1684],"class_list":["post-50044","mayo","type-mayo","status-publish","hentry","tag-anatomical-structure","tag-condition","tag-person-group-concept","tag-theme-of-focus","content_type-answers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blood pressure medication: Still necessary if I lose weight? 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