Anyone want to get into blood pressure meds like atenolol and others? Seems “they’re” lowing the BP standards too to sell more drugs.
Not exactly. As more studies are performed, “they” have found that the lower the blood pressure the better. As long as you can walk around without fainting.
My doc wanted to double my atenolol from 50 mg to 100 mg daily to meet these new standards i.e. 120/70. He also wanted me on statins. I said no to both. My bp vaires between 120/70 to 135/80, that is good enough for me and was good enough for my previous doc.
Reading about peoples experiences with statins here on this thread and others makes me very glad I just said no to that drug too. I want a happy life, not necessarily a long one.