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HYPMEDHOWOFT
How often supposed to take hypertension medicine
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Description

For sample persons age 17 and over who have ever been told by doctor that they had hypertension, who were ever prescribed medicine by a doctor for their hypertension, and who are now taking prescribed medicine for hypertension, HYPMEDHOWOFT reports the frequency they are supposed to take medicine.

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  • 1974: Sample persons age 17+ who have ever been told by doctor that they had high blood pressure/hypertension, who were ever prescribed medicine by a doctor for their high blood pressure/hypertension, and who are now taking prescribed medicine for high blood pressure/hypertension.

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  • 1974

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