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Millions could go off blood pressure meds
	03/29/2014 6:57:54 PM PDT · by kingattax · 64 replies Yahoo/AFP ^ \| March 29, 2014 Washington (AFP) - One in four American adults over 60 being treated for high blood pressure could go off their medication under recent guidelines issued in the United States, a study said Saturday. The changes, which stirred controversy in the medical community, could mean nearly six million may no longer need drugs to control their blood pressure, Duke University researchers said in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The findings are the first to analyze the impact of 2014 guidelines that raised blood pressure targets to 150/90, instead of the previous goal of 140/90, in adults age 60 and...

I refuse to take any prescriptions, with the exception for pain (like if I have a cavity or surgical procedure).
My friend is on 32 medications - the doctors are killing her. One drug they gave her fried her lungs. She’s in pain all the time. I’m trying to get her to explore essential oils & better nutrition...very sad situation.

Hopefully the DOT will change the standards for CDL drivers to 150/90 then. I had to go on blood pressure meds this year to get my DOT medical cert.

Amlodipine Besylate 5mg, Valsartan-HCTZ 12.5 mg. If I stopped these I’d be back in the hospital in no time...or in the morgue.