The Silent Blood Pressure SCANDAL Harming Millions: Knowing This Could SAVE A LIFE

I’ll be making a video on this very soon, but I felt compelled to share this with you first.

We are in the middle of a blood pressure treatment scandal—and chances are, if it doesn’t affect you, it affects someone you love.

I’ve talked about this issue before, but it’s becoming more urgent with every passing year. Of course, blood pressure medications can be life-saving and are sometimes necessary. But far too many people—especially older adults—are overtreated, often dangerously so.

Here’s the typical scenario:

People start with one blood pressure pill in their 40s or 50s (and here’s something critical to remember too: High blood pressure in most people these days is a reflection of underlying insulin resistance and metabolic dysfunction, not a lack of medication).

Anyway, fast forward a couple of decades, and it’s not unusual to see someone in their 70s on three, four, even five blood pressure medications. That alone should raise eyebrows.

And here’s the part almost no one talks about: as we age, we often need less medication, not more. Many older adults naturally start to run at lower blood pressures. Continuing the same doses can lead to dizziness, weakness, falls, and even life-threatening drops in blood pressure when someone gets sick.

This isn’t just an outpatient problem either. Hospitals can be even worse.

Medications are given based on protocol, not clinical common sense. A patient with a blood pressure of 102 (top number, systolic) might still receive multiple antihypertensives at 8 a.m. because “that’s what the orders say.” And an hour later, their pressure could be in the 80s. It’s a recipe for falls, confusion, and rapid response calls.

So I recently received this message:

Reading stories like that—where someone felt empowered to advocate for their loved one and possibly prevented harm—honestly made me emotional. As someone who spends hours filming educational videos, usually alone in a room, wondering if it’s making a difference... that moment reminded me why I do what I do.

I want you to feel confident asking questions. I want you to understand what’s happening in your body. And I want you to think outside the box—especially when it comes to your health or the care of someone you love.

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🔍 Points to Remember:

• Blood pressure is routinely overtreated, especially in people over 60.

• As we age or become unwell, our blood pressure often lowers naturally—and medications should be tapered, not piled on.

• Hospital protocols can be dangerously rigid. I’ve worked up and down the east coast, and a standard protocol is to “Hold Blood Pressure Medications If Systolic Blood Pressure Is Less Than 100”. Think about that: It doesn’t take Einstein to work out that if you give 2 or 3 blood pressure pills to a sick person with a systolic blood pressure in the low 100s— 30 minutes to an hour later their blood pressure will be in the 80s or 90s! Ask any seasoned nurse: They will tell you that it’s common for a “Rapid Response” to be called 30 minutes after meds are given! This is crazy. I don’t think it reflects malice on the part of doctors or nurses— simply a lack of common sense and rigid protocol-following,

• You must advocate for yourself and loved ones. I would advise you to be watching the vital signs yourself, especially when advocating for a loved one.

• Hypertension is commonly linked to insulin resistance—improve your metabolic health, and blood pressure often improves naturally.

• Always monitor your blood pressure at home, especially if you are being treated for hypertension. Note these readings down at different points during the day (morning, afternoon, and evenings). Then take these readings to hopefully your good trusted doctor for a thorough review. Take your home blood pressure machine to your doctor’s office and make sure the reading you get matches the reading they get at that given moment (this ensures that your portable BP machine is accurate).

• Don’t assume meds are always necessary or permanent. Always ask, "Do we still need this?" I frequently taper way back on blood pressure medicines when I see patients in the hospital, and I’ve often noticed that they are maintained at those reduced doses 6 months or a year later.

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So please remember all those things.

It could literally save you or a loved one in a hospital.

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The bottom line is: Blood Pressure is way over treated, especially in older individuals. And it gets back to a deficiency at the heart of modern day medicine and the way a lot of doctors think:

Medicines = Good.

Treating Numbers = Good.

Being Aggressive = Good.

I say No to all of the above! While many medicines do serve a purpose and high blood pressures can be dangerous— I think over-treatment is way more of an issue than under-treatment these days.

And once again, it greatly heartens me to receive messages like the one above.

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Don’t wait for the system to save you—become your own best advocate. Your health is worth it.

To Your Health,

Dr. Suneel Dhand

Personal Website: www.drsuneeldhand.com

Ojais Wellness USA: www.ojaiswellness.com

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