Beware the “rebound” if you quit taking drugs prematurely.

Heart medications help patients rebound to health after a medical crisis. But prematurely discontinuing some of these drugs — that control cholesterol or high blood pressure, for example — can cause another kind of rebound: an upward bounce in cardiovascular risk.

“We’ve known for decades that some conditions worsen when you abruptly stop taking certain drugs,” says Gary S. Francis, M.D., director of the Coronary Intensive Care Unit at The Cleveland Clinic. But now there’s even more reason to stay the course after starting a prescription. …

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