# Help Patients Take Blood Pressure Medicines As Directed

High blood pressure (hypertension) is one of the leading causes of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and death in the United States. One major cause of ineffective blood pressure control is poor medication adherence, or patients not taking their medications at the right time and in the right amount. But health professionals can help! Watch this animated video to learn how.

To download free treatment protocols, action guides, and other resources to help patients take their medications on time and in the right amount, visit MillonHearts.hhs.gov.

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- Kind: Short
- Year: 2017
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Help_Patients_Take_Blood_Pressure_Medicines_As_Directed.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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