We all know that high blood pressure is bad for us. But what about low blood pressure?
The question is important because of new blood pressure guidelines.
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Millions of Americans take drugs to lower their blood pressure. It’s risky business.
Some of these medications can do more harm than good. Side effects can include ED, depression, a hacking cough, insomnia, irregular heartbeat, and more.1
But now the FDA has disclosed the worst side effect yet…cancer.2
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One in three American adults has high blood pressure. And millions of us take drugs for it.1
But blood pressure medications often don’t work well. And they can have nasty side effects. They include headaches, nausea, fatigue, and sexual problems in men.2
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No one wants to take pills they don’t need to.
But millions of patients are taking unnecessary hypertension medications because their doctors use incorrect procedures when taking blood pressure readings. This can result in falsely high numbers and unneeded prescriptions.
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The American Heart Association’s new blood pressure guidelines were supposedly put in place to save lives. A new report shows they may actually cost lives.
In late 2017, the AHA decided that people with blood pressure higher than 130/80 should take drugs to lower it. The previous threshold was 140/80.
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Walk into your doctor’s office with high blood pressure and chances are you’ll walk out with a prescription for a hypertension drug.
Americans spend over $20 billion a year on hypertension medications.
These drugs often have serious side effects. They include sexual problems, headaches, fatigue, and chronic cough. Some have even been linked to cancer.1
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