Abstract : Background: Hypertension is a global public health issue. It is a significant contributor to rising morbidity and mortality because of its associations with cardiovascular, renal and cerebrovascular complications. A drug utilization review on antihypertensive drugs should be done to determine different classes of antihypertensive medications with respect to diagnosis. Aim was to study drug utilization pattern of antihypertensive medication in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Methods: This is a prospective, observational and descriptive study conducted between September 2020 to February 2021 at outpatient Department of General Medicine, Dr. VRK Women's Medical College Teaching Hospital & Research Center. Prescriptions of 130 patients of either sex and age >18 years who have been diagnosed with hypertension as per JNC-8 guidelines and patients receiving or prescribed with antihypertensive medications were included. Results: The highest age group patients were between 51-60 years accountable 27.4 % and least age group patients were between 18-30 years 8.1 %. The gender ratio of the patients’ male: female was found to be 1.2:1. Out of the 135 patients, 64.4 % (83) of patients were male and 38.5 % (52) of patients were .....................