[BipolarBob]

Also note they keep lowering the “ideal” blood pressure you should be at. I’m not saying it’s to sell more BP medicine but it does make me wonder.

[Red Badger]

Also note they keep lowering the “ideal” blood pressure you should be at.

They want it at 0/0....................

[Blueflag]

I agree. Suddenly I was hypertensive.

[nascarnation]

Most of the BP stuff is generic so not sure how much dough is involved.

[V_TWIN]

“I’m not saying it’s to sell more BP medicine but it does make me wonder”

You shouldn’t wonder, at the end of the day, anything medically related in this country is a business.

My wife worked in admin at a cardiologist office and also worked in medical billing......from what shes tells me from 1st hand experience.....it’s a racket. 😏

[pfflier]

So true. The literature on my home monitor says 120/80 is "mildly high". Those numbers have been ideal most of my life.

Also many sites now have age corrected ideal values, the older you get, the numbers go up.

[who knows what evil?]

Of course it’s to sell more BP medication...my PCP tells me a ‘normal’ reading 120/80. Yeah...for someone in their 20’s, 30’s, or 40’s, perhaps. She’s an idiot.