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Are blood pressure meds supposed to lower your resting baseline bp or your maximum bp experienced during physical or emotional stress?
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The goal of treatment is to keep the BP well within the normal range for all situations. Treatment success may require time and trial of different meds until this goal is reached.
Answered 9/20/2022
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Blood pressure fluctuates from rest to exercise, supine to standing, walking to running, calmness to agitation. The meds should modulate the range of pressure to assure appropriate responses
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