And they are lowering the numbers of what is considered "normal blood pressure". They are doing this so that more people are diagnosed as having high blood pressure. What was once considered in the normal range is now considered as needing blood pressure medication.
Yep, watch out for this--especially WOMEN. Lowering BP too low using drugs significantly increases risk of frequently falling, which then leads to nursing home and downhill from there.
My husband fell and broke his femur badly (needing surgery) after his blood pressure medicine was increased, the only meds I kept him on after he had a stroke.
Now he's off it entirely, and his physical therapist was giving us so much grief, cancelling visits because his blood pressure was "too high" at levels that not so many years ago would have been considered perfectly normal, that I stopped going there (should have known she was a nut, still wearing a mask in 2024, even though I asked her not to). They don't even take age into consideration any more.
I try my best to keep him away from doctors (I avoid them like the plague) but he still thinks he needs them.
Many healthy people seem to get tested for all kinds of things. Doctors will then ‘find’ something. And prescribe Pharma junk. People still trust these salesmen for some reason.
The number of elderly people likely harmed by artificially lowering their blood pressures has got to be significant.
And they are lowering the numbers of what is considered "normal blood pressure". They are doing this so that more people are diagnosed as having high blood pressure. What was once considered in the normal range is now considered as needing blood pressure medication.
Yep, watch out for this--especially WOMEN. Lowering BP too low using drugs significantly increases risk of frequently falling, which then leads to nursing home and downhill from there.
My husband fell and broke his femur badly (needing surgery) after his blood pressure medicine was increased, the only meds I kept him on after he had a stroke.
Now he's off it entirely, and his physical therapist was giving us so much grief, cancelling visits because his blood pressure was "too high" at levels that not so many years ago would have been considered perfectly normal, that I stopped going there (should have known she was a nut, still wearing a mask in 2024, even though I asked her not to). They don't even take age into consideration any more.
I try my best to keep him away from doctors (I avoid them like the plague) but he still thinks he needs them.
Same here. I avoid doctors. And tests.
Many healthy people seem to get tested for all kinds of things. Doctors will then ‘find’ something. And prescribe Pharma junk. People still trust these salesmen for some reason.
Yes. Precisely the scenario I worry about.
saw this happen first-hand with someone close to me.