Antivirals do not necessarily need to be taken for life. Whether they need to be taken for life depends on the type and condition of the disease. For example, current anti-HIV drugs need to be taken for life, and some patients treated for Hepatitis B may also need to take them for life. For common viral infections, the drugs can be stopped after they are cured. Antiviral drugs are a class of drugs with anti-viral infections, which can be used to treat various diseases caused by viral infections, such as influenza, mumps, hepatitis B, AIDS, herpes keratitis, etc. To cope with different diseases, the patient can follow the doctor’s instructions to use to a different antiviral drugs, generally anti-HIV drugs need to be taken for a lifetime. Although antiviral drugs can play a good therapeutic effect in dealing with related diseases, it does not mean that antiviral drugs are not effective in dealing with related diseases. However, it does not mean that antiviral drugs must be taken for a lifetime, as the duration of antiviral drugs varies with each patient’s condition. In general, patients can stop taking antiviral drugs once they have been cured by taking them. Antiviral medications are used to treat the disease and if the disease is cured and the individual is restored to good health, naturally there is no such thing as taking the medication for the rest of one’s life. Individuals should not abuse antiviral drugs on their own and should strictly follow the doctor’s instructions.