What happens when there is a disruption in taking prescribtion medication for a chronic condition?

So when patients have chronic conditions and they stop taking their medicines, a number of things can happen. Um, one the underlying condition can progress and it can get worse. So in the case of diabetes or hypertension, let’s say, if the patient stops taking their medication, we can get damage to the eyes, get damage to the kidneys, we can get damage to the heart. And sometimes the damage the occurs is non reversible, once the individual stop, uh, taking those medications. So there can be some short term effects from stopping medications, people can feel, ah, bad from them. And there can be some long term damages that can cur, ah, which can end up in organ damage, for some people unfortunately, can end up in, ah, death.