[Therapeutic adherence in the treatment of hypertension in primary healthcare].

High blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, leading to a high and increasing rate of morbidity and mortality with our current lifestyle. This is therefore a real public health problem. About 20 % of refractory hypertension is caused by a poor drug intake. The new 2018 European recommendations for high blood pressure emphasize the importance of improving patients' therapeutic adherence. To achieve that, the general practitioner must promote a bio-psycho-social approach, targeted to patient empowerment and to develop multidisciplinarity with the other care providers. Concerning the medication, physicians are encouraged to use combination therapies in a single pill.