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.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018752:Diet, Fat-Restricted; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000628:therapy*; D013599:Systole
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D004232:Diuretics