Most of the well informed patients with hypertension for which taking anti-hypertensives of various sorts are able to monitor BP at home with digital ones. There is always a range of fluctuations, with other parameters, like site, posture, time etc., being same every day, This brings in to ponder, whether the patient has to be aware in detail of specifics as regards to the powerful antihypertensives with dosage adjustments as and when needed in liaison with his doctor on phone. This situation is critical necessity esp., when the patient is on multiple drug therapy.
Simply to review after few weeks or months, with same dosages of these multiple, powerful drugs without self monitoring and adjust medications with disconnected line to prescribing doctor, may lead to unpreditables. To digress a bit, - there are so many brands of digital monitors, raising the question- whether they are…