Patients usually look forward to a lifetime of drug therapy.
The medical literature is very clear. If we allow hypertension to go untreated, there is a significant increased risk in heart attacks, stroke, congestive heart failure, and kidney failure. It is simple to understand that any pump or pipe system that is under more pressure for a prolonged period of time is just not going to last as long. Antihypertensive medications that we prescribe do not cure anyone's high blood pressure. We are merely able to control their high blood pressure with our medications.