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Background: Hypertension represents the major health problem primarily because of its role in contributing to the initiation and progression of major cardiovascular diseases. The aim of the present study was to determine the existing practice of prescribing pattern of Anti Hypertensive medication in tertiary care hospital in prospective of standard treatment of guidelines. Methods and materials: A hospital based prospective observational study on Anti Hypertensive agent prescriptions was carried out among patients who were above 20 years of age and Inpatients in the tertiary care corporate hospital. The total of 270 prescriptions of patients suffering from hypertension were included. The collected data were sorted and analyzed on the basis of demographic characteristics and co-morbidities. Results: It was a prospective observational study in which 270 patients were selected. The most commonly prescribed Antihypertensive drugs in our study was telmisartan and least prescribed was spironolactone, diltiazem and indapamide. The drugs were prescribed as mono therapy, dual therapy, triple therapy and poly therapy. Mono therapy of about (51%) was most frequently prescribed and Poly therapy was least prescribed of about (7%). Conclusion: The study revealed that the prevalence of hypertension was predominantly more in male patients than in female patients. Present study represents the current prescribing trend of antihypertensive agents. Angiotensin receptor blockers were the most frequently prescribed class of drug in monotherapy. Index Terms: ACE inhibitors, Beta blockers, Calcium channel blockers, Diuretics, Hypertension.