re: Blood pressure ranges

The highest I got constantly was 160-170/120 and pulse was like 110

My primary and cardio both say no way jose.....you're going on meds

So I take a low doses of Valsartan , Metoprolol and aspirin 81 MG EC tablet Commonly known as: LO-DOSE ASPIRIN

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They now want to medicate everyone who is not 120/80 which is more than 50% of the adult population.

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Also because you people are fat as frick and do not take care of yourselves at all.

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The thought is better health as we age, but the devil's advocate says more $ for big pharma.

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The first-line interventions for hypertension include lifestyle modifications, with medications only added depending on risk factors, including presence of metabolic derangement, risk of atherosclerotic CVD, family history, etc. The first-line medications are incredibly cheap and well-tolerated. We aren't giving medications to 30 y/o with pressures at 124/84 or something.

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To be exact, the old guidelines stated that high blood pressure was anything above 140/90. With the new guidelines, high blood pressure is defined as anything above 130/80.

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Yeah, they added a new stage to hypertensive disease. That's it.

The guidelines for prescriber's are actually more stringent, with serial blood pressure measurements in-office over the course of 2-3 office visits, with blood pressure taken from both arms. Then a blood pressure log with the patient taking their own BP at home with their feet flat on the floor, arm at heart level, done early in the morning at relatively the same time every day before caffeine intake.

The fact that often times patients have poor follow-up, or often just want a pill and/or don't take their health seriously until they have a scare is not something doctors can really do anything about.