Posted by Larry Hoover on February 8, 2005, at 7:14:10
In reply to Re: psych meds and blood pressure, posted by Minnie-Haha on February 4, 2005, at 10:37:05
> > Believe it or not, but the new guidelines now say that a BP over 120/80 Is the beginning of hypertension...
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> I wonder how much influence drug companies have had in lowering the cholesterol and blood pressure guidelines. These actions mean potentially thousands -- maybe hundreds of thousands or millions? -- more should be on prescription blood pressure and cholesterol drugs.It's not drug company pressure....it's the realization that the adverse effects of hypertension are detectable in what used to be high normal blood pressure. It's no different than the "recalibration" of thyroid hormone levels. TSH of 9 used to be high normal.
The first resorts of treatments for hypertension and high cholesterol are still diet and exercise, not drugs.
Lar
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