It's a good drug to control hypertension It has added benefits besides controlling blood pressures So you should stick with it Antihypertensive agents are chosen prudently taking everything into account and not just only blood pressure So my advice is to stick with it You can also discuss with your doctor that you want to change the antihypertensive

That news is about a recommendation ( European  guideline) to use beta blocker routinely for all patients undergoing non cardiac surgery. It has revealed that General risk of death after surgery increases from 2.5 to 3.1 percent. Now considering a 5 year period and total number of surgeries done in UK  it is assumed that this difference in risk may have caused more mortality.It doesn't mean that once you start taking beta blocker you will die in 5 years especially because you're a hypertensive being treated and not a routine unscreened patient undergoing non cardiac surgery. So don't worry  have faith in your doctor and  follow  advise .his/ her experience is always superior to internet search