Different drugs have different adverse reactions. Long-term consumption of certain antihypertensive drugs may cause adverse reactions such as low potassium and dry cough, and long-term consumption of certain hypoglycemic drugs may cause adverse reactions such as hypoglycemia.
Antihypertensive drugs will have certain adverse reactions, for example, angiotensin aldosterone receptor antagonists such as captopril may have adverse reactions such as hyperkalemia, dry cough, etc. Diuretic drugs may cause low potassium and other water-electrolyte disorders, and patients taking antihypertensive drugs for a long period of time may have the above adverse reactions.
In addition, glucose-lowering drugs will also have certain adverse reactions, such as metformin can appear gastrointestinal reactions, such as diarrhea. Glimepiride can have adverse reactions such as hypoglycemia, and acarbose can have adverse reactions such as abdominal distension, increased gas, and abdominal pain, which may occur in patients taking glucose-lowering drugs for a long period of time.
Although taking drugs will have certain adverse reactions, but if you choose to blindly stop taking drugs due to the fear of adverse reactions then it may cause poor control of blood glucose, blood pressure, long-term poor control of blood pressure can lead to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular lesions, long-term poor control of blood glucose can lead to diabetic nephropathy, macrovascular disease, neuropathy and so on.
Patients who need to take antihypertensive drugs, hypoglycemic drugs should be standardized treatment under the guidance of a doctor, and if there are obvious adverse reactions, it is recommended to go to the hospital.