{"id":4529,"date":"2019-03-18T12:59:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T19:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.NaturalPathRemedies.com\/blog\/?p=4529"},"modified":"2025-09-20T09:02:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T16:02:57","slug":"30-million-more-north-americans-suddenly-have-high-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.NaturalPathRemedies.com\/blog\/30-million-more-north-americans-suddenly-have-high-blood-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Million More North Americans suddenly have high blood pressure?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Changing healthy “norms” to sell more drugs – again!<\/h5>\n
How do drug companies get more healthy people taking drugs? Change the medical standard is one way, so millions more now have a disease that needs to be treated with drugs! It’s that simple – if we buy into it.<\/span><\/h6>\n

“Normal” \u00a0range keeps changing to sell more drugs. Below are accepted medical standards for healthy blood pressure in varying years:<\/p>\n

pre 1992 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0160\/95\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0only if greater than this, did doctors recommend hypertensive drugs<\/p>\n

1993 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0140\/90\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 22 million more “disease” diagnoses = more drugs = more $<\/p>\n

2018 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0130\/80\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 30 million\u00a0more “disease” diagnoses = more drugs = more $<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

2025:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0**New! Improved!\u00a0 (for Big Pharma pockets).\u00a0 Now they can initiate you into\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the life long\u00a0 North American Drug Ceremony<\/a> if your blood pressure is\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 higher than….. guess what?\u00a0 \u00a0drum roll…. 120\/80 !\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Isn’t it amazing what research and lobbying\u00a0 can create with $ 400 million dollars?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Are our hearts really becoming that much weaker from prescription drugs and toxic lifestyle that our vessels can no longer withstand the pressure of circulating our life force?<\/p>\n

Do we have hypertension because we are deficient in a prescription drug?<\/span><\/p>\n

Or are drug companies getting greedier and more powerful in their political lobbying and support of every facet of the medical community, research grants, “non-profit” educational groups?\u00a0\u00a0$221.8 Million spent in 2018 by Big Pharma for political lobbying<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

UPDATE\u00a0 2025:<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

In 2024 , Pharmaceutical lobbying spent $317.2 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other ways that are used to increase drug sales were discussed in\u00a0\u00a0North American Health Advances?\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In that article you can also learn a\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>few simple natural aids<\/strong>, <\/span><\/h5>\n

which in addition to improved lifestyle,\u00a0 can help specifically with hypertension and generally help you avoid the North American Drug Ceremony<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Side effects are a main reason to try to avoid the N.A. drug ceremony. Here are just a few that are linked to use of blood pressure medications.<\/p>\n

Most common side effects<\/strong> from hypertensive drugs from Government MedLine<\/a>:<\/h6>\n