Hypertension incidence increases with age and requires treatment, but overtreatment can lead to orthostatic hypotension and falls. — Whalespan
Hypertension incidence increases with age and requires treatment, but overtreatment can lead to orthostatic hypotension and falls.
⚠ High risk
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“the older we get the greater we see the incidence of hypertension hypertension hypertension does need to be treated it's an enormous uh risk for stroke and heart attack but sometimes we overtreat it and people become orthostatic um and when they stand up they get lightheaded and fall”