Do you really have high blood pressure?

[rotor]

What is normal BP for one is not normal for everyone.

Perhaps the term normal should be changed to desired.

 

[V-Tach]

When I started in nursing in 1978 blood sugar normal numbers were 80-120 It was changed by recommendation of big pharma to 80-100 resulting in millions of folks being put on drugs such as metformin.......pre-diabetic is another ruse to sell more drugs.....pre-diabetic is like saying all women are pre pregnant and we should be treating them for pregnancy.....

and don't even get me started on statins for cholesterol....another big pharma driven ruse................

Not saying drugs aren't effective or some folks really don't need them, but millions are on drugs they really don't need.........

 

[V-Tach]

Tricyclic psychotropics another rabbit hole.................

 

[bbbass]

I've been neglecting my meds the last few days. Just checked my BP with the automated arm cuff meter from LifeSource and it read 188/85. Obviously that's not safe. Gotta reload my med organizer and take my BP meds... so many meds, so little time.

Years ago, 15 or 20, I had a really bad nosebleed that would not stop. Eventually I had the wife take me to the ER. Turned out that my BP was 230/120. I wasn't on BP meds at that time cuz my BP was usually pretty stable at around 124/80. Not any more. So, the ER doc said the nosebleed prolly acted as a safety valve against a stroke. Unh uh, it didn't. My BP came down before they released me from the ER with the nosebleed stopped, but turns out I had a Lacunar stroke of about 5mm. Of the consequences possible, , I had the least serious which is a numb area on my left leg. But now they are saying it can lead to dementia, esp one called "Braunschwager's disease". LOL, actually it is "Binswanger's disease" but it doesn't seem to have affected my wanger at all. And I'm 70!

 

[gdr_11]

Much of the blood pressure/cholesterol/diet nonsense thst has been spewed by the AMA and the other medical organizations has been driven by Big Pharma and their need to drive blood pressure and statin drugs. Low fat and low salt diets dont have much effect so they are pretty much guaranteed to keep patients on the drugs.

Most of us are far more impacted by genetic and stress factors than we are by food. The more we, as a society, move to worshipping the almighty dollar and filling our lives with every competitive sport and activity known to man, the more we lose touch with God, family and just simple alone time. Drugs do not correct that, they just mask the symptoms.

A well adjusted person with a bp of 150/100 is healthier than an overworked, over stressed divorced parent struggling to make large debt payments.

 

[rotor]

Much of the blood pressure/cholesterol/diet nonsense thst has been spewed by the AMA and the other medical organizations has been driven by Big Pharma and their need to drive blood pressure and statin drugs. Low fat and low salt diets dont have much effect so they are pretty much guaranteed to keep patients on the drugs.

Most of us are far more impacted by genetic and stress factors than we are by food. The more we, as a society, move to worshipping the almighty dollar and filling our lives with every competitive sport and activity known to man, the more we lose touch with God, family and just simple alone time. Drugs do not correct that, they just mask the symptoms.

A well adjusted person with a bp of 150/100 is healthier than an overworked, over stressed divorced parent struggling to make large debt payments.

So you don’t think drugs can help people with genetic factors that can lead to an early demise?