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Cutting down on salt helps lower your blood pressure, even if you're already taking medicine for high blood pressure — so salt reduction adds extra benefit on top of your meds.
Taking blood pressure pills doesn’t stop salt reduction from helping — it still lowers BP just as much in people on meds as in those who aren’t.
Antihypertensive medications reduce blood pressure through specific mechanisms but do not address the underlying metabolic causes of hypertension.
Even if your blood pressure is normal, cutting back on salt still helps lower it a little—which could help prevent high blood pressure as you get older.