I cannot believe it, they have just lowered the hypertension guidelines for dangerous BP levels in the US. Named the ‘2017 Guideline for High Blood Pressure in Adults’, the AHA (Amerdican Heart Assn) and the ACC (American College of Cardiology) are stating that if you have a reading of just 120-129/80, your BP is now classed as being ‘ elevated’. If your BP is 130-139/80-89 you are stage 1 hypertensive and if your BP is 140/90 you are stage 2 hypertensive. This is absolutely ridiculous.
This means more people on prescription drugs!
Continue reading Hypertension Guidelines – Danger level now classed as 130/80!!
Are you due to visit your doctor. For whatever reason you decide to see a medic, there are some useful things you can do to make sure your visit is worthwhile and helpful and hopefully will aid relief or even cure your symptoms. But you don’t want to get ‘hooked up’ in the medical merry-go-round, for the rest of your life, not if you can help it. 
This is the conclusion of a 4 part article on blood pressure : what drugs are you on? Renin Inhibitors is the last BP drug to discuss. Click here if you want to catch up on: 
Part 2