Antihypertensive drug de-intensification and recurrent falls

First published May 2018, updated July 2022 Peter Sayer reports from the 2018 American Geriatrics Society annual scientific meeting, Orlando, Florida.   An increased risk for falls is a concern for older adults who pursue €œaggressive€ targets for lowering high blood pressure, often defined as targeting a systolic blood pressure (or €œSBP€€”the first of two numbers comprising your blood pressure reading) of less than 120mmHg. Little is known, however, about links between recurrent falls and less stringent blood pressure targets pursued through €œde-intensified€ blood pressure treatment. To explore that connection, researchers from New York and California looked at data from