 [ Symptoms ] is high blood pressure controllable  new dot requirements require blood pressure be under a certain number 14090 i want to know if high blood pressure is controllable thru medicine diet and exercise is it up to the individual to abide by requirement to control blood pressure or is it complete out of the control of the person what makes the determination that it is untreatable [ Disease ] this does depend on the patient some of my elderly patients they may last a little longer because they are slowing down a little bit so their body systems like their kidney and their liver are not working as well so they may have an effect that is a little bit longer as compared to you or me