In case you haven't noticed, optimum blood pressure recommendations have changed over the past several years... particularly with regard to age...
Since this involves so many variables, I won't link a website, bus suggest looking at the NIH, WEBMD and the American Heart Association, for recent articles on the subject. The optimum levels are used for determining whether or not to treat with medication.
My reason for bringing this up, is a recent decision to reduce the level of my own medication. At age 80, the same medication that brought my blood pressure down to normal at age 55, (from 155/90)... now brings the pressure down to 110/60 or less. While my previous doctor though this was good, my current doctor had me read about the new guidelines. I am convinced that this is too low, and have reduced the medication by more than half. Already I feel more energy, and alertness. My thinking is that higher blood pressure is necessary to pump blood to the brain and extremities.
Yes... I know... nothing is as simple as that, but after reading in some detail, some of the recent medical articles (since 2014)... it seems that the subject has undergone the old "one size fits all" theory, and that age and physical differences may be more important than previously believed. The other part of this is not just BP, but the long term negative effects of controlling medications.
Might be worth looking at the newer recommendations.
Since this involves so many variables, I won't link a website, bus suggest looking at the NIH, WEBMD and the American Heart Association, for recent articles on the subject. The optimum levels are used for determining whether or not to treat with medication.
My reason for bringing this up, is a recent decision to reduce the level of my own medication. At age 80, the same medication that brought my blood pressure down to normal at age 55, (from 155/90)... now brings the pressure down to 110/60 or less. While my previous doctor though this was good, my current doctor had me read about the new guidelines. I am convinced that this is too low, and have reduced the medication by more than half. Already I feel more energy, and alertness. My thinking is that higher blood pressure is necessary to pump blood to the brain and extremities.
Yes... I know... nothing is as simple as that, but after reading in some detail, some of the recent medical articles (since 2014)... it seems that the subject has undergone the old "one size fits all" theory, and that age and physical differences may be more important than previously believed. The other part of this is not just BP, but the long term negative effects of controlling medications.
Might be worth looking at the newer recommendations.