New blood pressure guidelines may pose risk to some patients

There is an ongoing debate with regards to whether older Americans should be put on blood pressure medications, but recent findings suggest that new guidelines may be putting some of these patients at risk for stroke.

In 2014, a panel of experts suggested raising blood pressure guidelines for patients over 60 from 140 to 150 systolic blood pressure as a point to prescribe treatment.

The new findings suggest that systolic blood pressure betwee
140 and 149 increases a person’s risk of stroke by 70 percent, compared to those with lower systolic blood pressure.

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