“Blood Pressure: How High is Too High and How Do I Lower it Safely?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j314amPw4RQ
90 minutes but worth a look for anyone with systolic blood pressure between 120 & 150. From UCTV: “UCTV features the latest in health and medicine from University of California medical schools. Find the information you need on cancer, transplantation, obesity, disease and much more.”
“The SPRINT study first made headlines in September 2015, in part because the findings seemed to contradict the expert hypertension guidelines released in December 2013, which for the first time had proposed a higher goal BP ( a systolic BP of less than 150mm mercury) for most adults aged 60 or older...
...But what about for you, or for your older relative? Do the SPRINT results mean you should talk to the doctor about changing your BP medications?
Maybe yes, but quite possibly no. In this article, I’ll help you better understand the SPRINT study and results, as well as the side-effects and special considerations for seniors at risk for falls. This way, you’ll better understand how SPRINT’s findings might inform the BP goals that you and your doctors choose to pursue....
...Now, that doesn’t mean that some doctors won’t be attempting to get patients to a lower blood pressure goal right away. But it’s not clear that this should be done for most patients, and at a minimum, people should know that if they are like the SPRINT participants — which they probably aren’t — aiming for the lower BP goal likely gives them a 0.5%-1.5% chance of avoiding a bad health outcome. (Whereas they will have a very high percent chance of having to take more medication every day.)...”
https://betterhealthwhileaging.net/new-blood-pressure-guidelines-mean-older-adults/
Mine is 126/64 just now. But it’s all over the map with an autoimmune kidney syndrome causing mayhem. When that’s not active I’m routinely 130s/70s using a DASH/Mediterranean diet.