Abstract: AIM: To investigate the clinical utiliza-tion of antihypertension agents in a hospital. METHODS: By the method of retrospective study, 301 medical records (286 was selected) of discharged patients with hypertension who were admitted from June 2003 to June 2004 were investigated.RESULTS: The angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and calcium antago-nists were used with the highest frequency, and the use frequency from high to low listed as enalapril, metoprolol, felodipine, benazapril and losartan.All drugs were ad-ministrated in combined therapy. CONCLUSION: The usage of antihypertensive drugs is rational in this hospital, and the tendency of drug utilization is similar to interna-tional standard.

Key words: antihypertensive drug, drug utilization, drug combination, rational use of drug, clinical use of drug