Plan to medicate all over-55s ‘ludicrous’

THE Irish Heart Foundation has dismissed as “ludicrous” a plan by one of Britain’s leading medical experts to give everyone over the age of 55 drugs to lower their blood pressure.

Plan to medicate all  over-55s ‘ludicrous’

London-based epidemiology expert Professor Malcolm Law said blood pressure drugs cut the risk of heart attack and stroke even for those with normal blood pressure.

His conclusion, published in the British Medical Journal and backed by other experts in Britain, is based on a review of 147 studies involving 464,000 people.

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