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Abstract

40% of people aged 25 and older are thought to have systemic hypertension, according to estimates from the World Health Organisation (WHO). Surprisingly, only 55.6% of patients from high-income countries and 29.6% from low-income countries were able to obtain treatment. Finding out how frequently patients take antihypertensive drugs was the aim of this investigation. 500 people had antihypertensive medications given to them for the research. In a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi, India, a prospective cross-sectional study was conducted over the course of six months. Patients with hypertension took part in the study that was conducted at the hospital's Out Patients Door (OPD). Patients who are 80 years of age or older are not permitted to take part in the study. Data that was appropriate was gathered, and the pattern of antihypertensive medicine use was evaluated. 63% of patients were under 60 and 37% were over 60, making up the majority. The survey found that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors (384), either alone or in combination, were the most frequently given type of drug. Double therapy was the most often used type of combination therapy, using 31.6% of the time, followed by triple therapy (4.0%) and four drugs (0.2%). Our investigation came to the conclusion that since the majority of patients had comorbid illnesses, combined therapy was preferred. When drug use patterns were analysed in our study, telmisartan was the first-line antihypertensive medicine that was most commonly prescribed. l..