 [ Symptoms ] what is the goal for high blood pressure treatment [ Disease ] the goal for patients with combined systolic and diastolic hypertension is to attain a blood pressure of 14085 mmhg bringing the blood pressure down even lower may be desirable in african american patients and patients with diabetes or chronic kidney disease although lifestyle changes in pre hypertensive patients are appropriate it is not well established that treatment with medication of patients with pre hypertension is beneficial