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I've been on high blood pressure medication for 30 years or even more?
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Yup: Sometimes elevated BP lasts a lifetime. As long as the drugs are working an having little or few side affects just keep going.
Answered 6/22/2014
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Lifetime condition: especially since you started at a very young age.
Answered 6/22/2014
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BP: Me too, hypertension is lifelong for most of us who have it.
Answered 8/29/2014
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