[pc86]

It's not a secret. Most of my immediate family is or was in healthcare and nobody is getting put on BP meds because of a single errant reading. They're getting put on meds because of persistent, uncontrolled elevated BPs and with non-pharmaceutical interventions not addressing it. Everyone, especially physicians, know there's a list of 20-30 things that can give you temporarily elevated BP that won't respond to BP meds.

[claytongulick]

> nobody is getting put on BP meds because of a single errant reading

I'm glad you've had good experiences and relationships with what sound like quality healthcare professionals.

Others have had different experiences.

[importantbrian]

Yeah, that's been my experience. Everytime I see my primary my BP is elevated in the office and they send me home with a log and I have to take my BP multiple times a day for 2 weeks and at home it's fine, so I've never been put on meds for it even though it's very high in the office.