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Treating High Blood Pressure in the Elderly

Dr. William Davis
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If you're around my age (early 50s), then you are probably old enough to remember the days when standard advice for blood pressure treatment was based on age.   In the 1970s, for instance, the rule for blood pressure treatment was "120 plus age." A 50-year old, for instance, would have bee...
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    Colleen
    Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 10:35 AM

    An interesting article.  However, my mom is also on Plavix.  Would diuretics be detrimental when used with Plavix.  She has had ministrokes and has used Plavix for about eight years now.

     

    Thanks.

    Colleen

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