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you probably have in the news, the new" guidelines "for determining a healthy level of blood pressure. It was a 120/80 was considered that an optimal, 120 - 129/80-84 was normal and 130 -- 139 / 85-89 was normal. If your readings were over 140/90 you were in Stage 1, as the mild hypertension. Stages 2, 3 a.m. to 4 p.m. went into different stages and they reflect increasing degrees of severity of hypertension .

But this is no longer the case! United States based on the new guidelines, if your blood pressure is in the "normal" range with a systolic pressure over 120 something you are now considered to be prehypertensive and should be under the new guidelines are the "two or more hypertensive medications to reach target pressure" ".

So, if you were previously healthy prior to this latest announcement with a systolic blood pressure 120 to 140 I am sorry to say that you, together with other 45 million Americans are no longer as healthy! In fact, under pressure, to a drug for the "restoration of health."

(On a personal note) My last visit in order to my doctor, I have to go every 3 months, whether I like it or not .... My blood pressure was 120 from 80th A bit high for me. In general, 110 more than 80th In fact my doctor said to me on my first visit that he had patients who would die, that your blood pressure ... The same doctor said that visit your printing is always a little high. I will give you a recipe, to.

I said no, you know, I take no medication. He gave me a funny look. The last time he tried, give me some medication for a urinary tract infection, he said I had and I did not have. Would not that either.

My daughter keeps me to another doctor. I have them all in the last 6 years, to give it, what's the point.

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Honestly, I think that the new recommendations are a scandal! Hypertension is not a disease to be treated by drugs ... It is a symptom of a problem. Treatment without determining the cause is dangerous and is similar to using drugs to a high temperature to ignore, while the cause of the high temperatures.

In fact, as the treatment of symptoms of high temperatures, which can be fatal in some people, the potential flow on effects of the treatment of high blood pressure! If you have a high blood pressure have it for a reason. The reason is that because parts of the body are not in the blood and pressure is necessary to make it there. If you artificially suppress that the pressure to ignore with drugs, while the underlying cause of it you are at the beginning of a slippery slide to permanent ill health.

You may think "" But if these recommendations for blood pressure are supported by the government, then it must be desirable to them. Because the government independently reviews all the information prior to the approval of new medical guidelines ... is not it? ""

The short answer is: Yes, it should be, but no, it's not ... at least not in this case! I will explain.

These are you angry!

The new guidelines for hypertension are still JCN-7. JCN is the joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and treatment of hypertension. The report, which it was issued their seventh, and thus the number JCN-7.

All sounds pretty impressive and official, and given the fact that the report was adopted by the government spokesman at the government level, press conferences with the latest guidelines of the Government, it must also be reviewed and discussed ... at least that is what you think!

In fact, that is what you can reasonably expect, and indeed, the law provides for this in order to safeguard the interests of the public! I quote the following excerpt from an article by Paul Rosch, MD, FACP, the medicine and a clinical professor of psychiatry at New York Medical College.

"" The law requires that all major federal rules, including the guidelines that the public and are, according to the Government Code. This code mandates formal selection of a committee, before the announcement of meetings, public meetings, the testimony of all interested parties as well as written records, which must be preserved in a special Docket. Everything is then reviewed by a written discussion of all relevant evidence, the final rules or guidelines that must be published in the Federal Register. In addition, if the directives are not in accordance with a logical review of the evidence presented, the recommendations may require legislative action. "

Rosch investigated the JNC-7 report, which is now the "official" government guidelines for hypertension and was sent to the doctors and found that it is not on the Federal Register, and that in essence the legal system was bypassed. Officials at the NIH (National Institutes of Health) have admitted that the new guidelines were prepared by a non-government committee of "experts" that they have been selected and therefore not subject to the Federal Register rules!

The guidelines were published in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, NOT the Federal Register. Of the Committee entrusted with these new guidelines are not public meetings, NO meetings for the public, no public input was sought and no detailed records of the meetings of the Committee have been!

I am sure that you have the picture! Well, back to the issue of hypertension!

As I mentioned earlier, hypertension is a symptom, not disease.

By treating the symptoms, it is most likely the cause. There are currently more than 100 medications are used to "treat" hypertension, and most of them are for the patients on a trial-and-error basis. How many people do you know that several medications to reduce blood pressure ... and how many unwanted side effects?

If you have been diagnosed with "high" blood pressure you owe it to yourself to learn as much as possible about them and also find out if you have high blood pressure. Most people are not aware how much their blood pressure can vary. Temporary increase of 50% are not uncommon. This increase may be only a little tension in conjunction with talk. It has been clearly documented that people who are truly hypertensive than not, although their readings are high.

If you are in a medical waiting room and you know that your blood pressure, and you are worried that they themselves may be sufficient to make it enough to be hypertensive. Then, when the drugs and back for an examination, you will be more and reading is also often less precise at a higher dose ... and so on.

It is an excellent article on hypertension written by Paul Rosch, which I have already mentioned. I would urge you to read it in its entirety. It is quite long, but full of good information. You can access it by clicking on the link below.

The last page of his article entitled "Some thoughts for the future of pharmaceutical Finagling and Hypertension Research ... It is really worth reading! But, be careful, because if you like me, it will make you crazy and definitely raise your blood pressure!

So, be careful, and all the recommendations in question when it comes to blood pressure medication and not ignore the cause of the symptoms.

Best of Health,

Margie - "The Arthritis Lady"
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