To prevent hypotension (low blood pressure), attention must be paid to reducing individual risk factors.
Behavioral risk factors
- Stimulant consumption
- Alcohol (woman: > 20 g/day; man: > 30 g/day).
- Drug use
- Opiates or opioids (alfentanil, apomorphine, buprenorphine, codeine, dihydrocodeine, fentanyl, hydromorphone, loperamide, morphine, methadone, nalbuphine, naloxone, naltrexone, oxycodone, pentazocine, pethidine, piritramide, remifentanil, sufentanil, tapentadol, tilidine, tramadol)
- Physical activity
- Lack of physical activity
Disease-related risk factors
- Eating disorders associated with underweight
