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Once drug treatment is started for high blood pressure, it is often for life. However, if you don’t have any complications from your high blood pressure and you have managed to make diet and lifestyle changes that naturally bring your blood pressure down, it may be possible to reduce your tablet dose or to withdraw it altogether. However, you should never alter your medication or stop it suddenly yourself. If your doctor decides to withdraw your treatment, this is usually done slowly in a step-wise fashion to prevent a sudden rebound hypertension. You will be followed up closely over a long period of time, as, in some cases, BP starts to creep back up again after six months, a year or more.