Human Journals Research Article December 2021 Vol.:23, Issue:1 © All rights are reserved by Md Yousuf Hussain et al. A Study on Drug Utilization Evaluation in Patients Admitted with Cardiovascular Diseases at A Tertiary Care Hospital www.ijppr.humanjournals.com Keywords: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), Rational use, Drug Utilization Evaluation (DUE), Cardiovascular drugs, Polypharmacy. ABSTRACT Cardiovascular diseases have become a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally. A prospective observational study was carried out in an inpatient department of cardiology in a tertiary care hospital. The duration of the study was 4 months i.e., from October 2018 to January 2019. The data was obtained from the patient’s medical record and was documented in the especially designed data collection form. One hundred and forty four patients were enrolled in the study. In our study 70.1% were male and 29.9% were female. Maximum number of patients i.e., 35.4% was in the age group of 51-60 years. In the present study, the prevalence of coronary artery disease was high. Hypertension and Diabetes were the most common co-morbid conditions observed. The study showed higher incidence of drug use as single agents (83.36%) which is appreciable. Most commonly prescribed categories of cardiovascular drugs were antihypertensives (24.06%) and antiplatelets (23.31%) indicating high prevalence of hypertension and coronary artery disease in patients. Along with brand name, Generic name of the drug was mentioned in every prescription. Antibiotics were prescribed in 32.64% patients and injection was prescribed in 76.39% patients. Extensive polypharmacy (10.2 drugs per prescription) was noticed in the prescriptions. The prescribing pattern of drugs can be improved by reducing the number of drugs per prescription. Md Yousuf Hussain 1* , Syeda Juveria Sultana 1 , Syeda Batool 1 , J. Sai Prakash 1 , Kanchana N.Dussa 2 , Mehraj Unnisa 3 1 Doctor of pharmacy (Pharm.D), Anwarul uloom college of pharmacy, New Mallepally, Hyderabad, Telangana 500001 India. 2 Associate professor and head of the department, Pharmacy practice, Anwarul uloom college of pharmacy , New Mallepally, Hyderabad, Telangana 500001 India. 3 Clinical Pharmacist, Virinchi Hospitals, Shyam Rao Nagar, Banjara Hills, Rd Number 1, Hyderabad, Telangana 500034. India. Submitted: 22 November 2021 Accepted: 27 November 2021 Published: 30 December 2021