@article{Wahyuni_K_U_2021, title={The Pattern of Hypertension Drug Utilization in Public Health Center in the Medan City}, volume={9}, url={https://ajprd.com/index.php/journal/article/view/876}, DOI={10.22270/ajprd.v8i6.876}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background: </strong>Hypertension is a disease thatcan causes death as much as 12.8% worldwide. Hypertension is a silent killer that causes complications in Hypertension patients. Complications can be prevented by using anti-hypertension drugs. The aimed of this study was to describe the pattern of drug utilization in several Public health centers in Medan.</p> <p><strong>Method</strong>: This non-experimental study involved 109 hypertension patients using cross-sectional methods. Samples were collected at several health centers in August and September 2020 using convenience sampling techniques.</p> <p><strong>Result: </strong>The results showed that the single drug type that was most widely used in this study was the Calcium Channel Blocker (CaCB) group (57.8%). The most widely used combination antihypertension drugs were Calcium Channel Blocker (CaCB) and Angiotensin 2 Recep`tor Blocker (ARB) (15.6%).</p> <p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: Based on the study results, it can be concluded  that the pharmacologic management of antihypertension uses a single anti-hypertension drug (monotherapy) is more than the use of combination drugs (polytherapy).</p> <p> </p>}, number={1}, journal={Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Development}, author={Wahyuni, Sri and K, Khairunnisa and U, Harahap}, year={2021}, month={Feb.}, pages={24–26} }