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Title
Ask the doctor. My blood pressure is 180/80 mm Hg. My doctor tells me this a common problem for people in their 70s, like me. The problem is that whenever I try medicines at doses high enough to get my top number under 140 mm Hg (which I understand to be the goal), I get exhausted or have other side effects. Do I really need to worry about my blood pressure when the bottom number is so good?
Authors
Lee TH
Publication
Harvard heart letter : from Harvard Medical School, 2000, Vol 11, Issue 3, p7