Abstract
Background: 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.
 Method: 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.
 Result: 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%).
 Conclusion: 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).
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