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Aim of the study:The present study aims to determine the pattern of prescription of Anti Hypertensive in a cohort of patients at a tertiary care centre of East Nimar region of Central India. Methods:The study was a Prospective observational study and was conducted in the Outpatient department of Medicine conducted for a period of 6 Months. Demographic and clinical data of Total 86 patients were collected and Prescription of these Hypertensive patients were analysed. Result:Out of Total 86 Patients, the maximum percentage of Hypertensive patients, including both males and females belonged to the age group of 60 to 70 years. As majority of Patients belonged to the elderly age group, Calcium channel Blocker /Amlodipine was the most prescribed drug class/ drug, followed by Telmisartan and Metoprolol.Among the combination therapy prescribed in 35 patients (40.69%), often two drug combination were prescribed (25 patients, 29.06%), ARBs Combination with CCBs dominated the scenario with 16 patients (18.60 %) followed by CCBs + Beta Blockers (5 patients, 5.81 %).Conclusions:The present study represents the current prescribing pattern of Anti-Hypertensive Drugs in our Hospital. Our findings showed that CCBs dominated the scenario of Monotherapy among the elderly populations of hypertension followed by combination therapy of CCBs and ARBs. The use of Anti-hypertensive drugs largely confirms the guidelines as most of the patients belonged to the category of elderly populations, but still there is a significant room of improvement in terms of rational prescribing.

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