Dear Nancy, I don't have High Blood Pressure either but will be using a mild medication for it for maybe the rest of my life even though I don't like it. It was necessitated by the insertion of a stent into one of the two of my Bypasses that collapsed 4 years after they were done, resulting in 2 heart attacks 3 days apart. Once the cause was found the stent corrected one of the causes. The stent requires more even blood pressures than occur naturally. Now whenever I am tested, by anyone in a white coat, so I'm uncomfortable my pressure records at about 20 points higher than it otherwise checks out. ( the other stayed open when they used the catheter within it ). If this keeps the stint open and functioning longer then it is a benefit to me to take as directed. Hope this explains a possible reason. It would be beneficial for you both to read the books by Dr. Dean Ornish. They are in libraries and can be found in paperback as well. If you aren't familiar with his work, then telling you that he has patients that couldn't have Bypass because of the extent of their health problems. His books show the benefit of life-style change. He has documented all his research and has helped many whom other Cardiologist offered 'no hope'. One other thing is to read the archives on this list. There is a lot of information stored there. It is much easier to learn about handling Heart Disease now than it was 10 or 12 years ago. Now using www.lukol.com ( a master search engine gateway that includes 9 other search engines, including Google. Sincerely, Edith