If your blood pressure has been fine all these years and now your doctor is telling you that you need meds for lowering it -- you probably need your doctor to explain why your BP today is no longer normal (120/80). Medical standards do change, but your doctor needs to explain the change so that you understand why he is recommending meds to lower your BP.

Can your doctor point to any recent medical literature which changes the definition of what is considered "normal" blood pressure? If 120/80 is no longer normal, your doctor needs to explain why it is not and he also needs to tell you what is now the new standard ... if there is a new BP health standard.

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