In recent years, the number of people with hypertension in China has gradually increased, and there is even a trend towards younger people. The common way to control blood pressure and treat hypertension is to take antihypertensive drugs to reduce the pressure on the heart and regulate the blood pressure status. However, as the saying goes, “medicine is three parts poison”, many hypertensive patients have this problem, since antihypertensive drugs can not be interrupted. Will long-term use of antihypertensive drugs have any side effects? In fact, this sentence is mostly for the ancient times for Chinese medicine, many boiled Chinese medicine chemical composition is unknown, long-term use will cause some damage to liver and kidney function, so the ancient experience of the use of drugs is that long-term use is certainly harmful. But today is not the past, most of the drugs used now are chemical drugs, the composition of the drug, potency, pharmacological effects, adverse reactions are very clear products. As long as the regular use of detection of adverse reactions, the replacement of drugs will most likely not have chronic harm. First of all, the hypertension drugs currently in use are large samples of medications validated by evidence-based medicine, and the incidence of adverse reactions is low. Secondly, adverse reactions vary from person to person, as long as you do not feel uncomfortable taking the drug, after taking the drug review liver and kidney function and other indicators are normal, there is no need to worry too much and anxiety. There may be adverse reactions to antihypertensive drugs, and different drugs may cause coughing and abnormal liver function depending on the specific type of drug. Sometimes there may be some uncomfortable symptoms such as mild panic, swollen gums, headaches and other symptoms, which are mostly tolerable and gradually relieved, but the problem can be replaced by another hypertensive drug to lower blood pressure. Because these minor adverse drug reactions are minimal compared to the harm caused by high blood pressure. But if hypertension does not take drugs, will significantly increase the risk of phantom cardiovascular disease (cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction) and so on. And now hypertension treatment is about individualized treatment. Patients with hypertension must be reviewed frequently, and your doctor will help you choose the most appropriate medication for you. Long-term use of hypertension drugs can effectively and smoothly control blood pressure, reduce the cardiovascular, cerebral and renal vascular complications brought about by hypertension, and prevent and control adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. The purpose of long-term medication is to ensure a better life for hypertensive patients and to reduce the damage of hypertension to the patient’s heart, brain and other vital organs. This maintains a good quality of life for the patient and will also extend the patient’s life expectancy. Once hypertension is diagnosed, antihypertensive medication is required for life. Reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease is the greatest benefit of taking antihypertensive medication. If there is no discomfort, the medication should still be taken consistently. It is important to follow the doctor’s instructions when taking antihypertensive drugs. Because, doctors are more professional and know more about the right medication for you. So listening to your doctor is the best choice.