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OBJECTIVE:To understand the utilization of antihypertensives in our hospital.METHODS:150medical records of the patients who had received antihypertensives and were discharged in June,2002were collected.The kind,utiliza?tion and combined use of antihypertensives were analysed.RESULTS:The first4places of drugs used in order of number of case were angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors,?-receptor blocking agents,diuretics and calcium antagonists.The first3places of DDDs of antihypertensives were Betaloc,Benazepril and Fosinopril.DUI≤1.Most patients received a single agent or combination of two or three agents.CONCLUSION:The study shows that complications are frequent and so is the combined use of drugs,and the use of drugs is basically rational.