28A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON PREVALENCE, DIALYSIS, AND DRUG UTILIZATION OF CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE PATIENTSMost researchers have raised awareness of the problem of undiagnosed chronic kidney disease (CKD) and suggest that early identification and treatment will reduce the global burden of patients requiring dialysis. Due to the high cost of dialysis, and transplantation the mortality rate in developing countries increasing day by day. The causes and risk factors for the development of diseases vary worldwide. The objective of study to investigate that, prevalence, dialysis, and drug utilization of chronic renal failure patients. The study period was six months. Data abstraction was approved by the local ethical committee for Ethics & Human Research. Written informed consent was obtained from either patients or his next of kin. Patients were excluded from the study only for age < 18 years, infectious disease, stroke and HIV patients. The result of present study shows that a total of 72 hemodialysis patients were enrolled in the study. The majority of the participants were male i.e., 50 (70%) and 22 (30%) were female. The mean age of both gender were 42.68 years for male and 42.5 years. However, the greater number of patients were in age group was found to be 41-50 years is 26 (52%). Our article suggests that prevalence of CRF in Warangal increasing day by day. Hence awareness program should be conduct in the community to reduce incidence about disease and further, a large multicentre study to perform reduce morbidity and mortality. In this study, the use of antihypertensives in these particular patients does not deviate from the guidelines laid down by the Joint National Committee. Further large scale studies carried out at other tertiary care centres would help to compare, analyze and rationalize prescribing trends in chronic renal failure, giving a broader perspective to these findings.vijayvijay66@yahoo.co.inResearch322013Drugs,Gender,Indicators Hospital,Prescription and RationalSubash Vijaya kumar,Nagesh,G. Vijay KumarDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Vaagdevi College of Pharmacy, MGM Hospital, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India,Department of Pharmacy Practice, Vaagdevi College of Pharmacy, MGM Hospital, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India,Department of Paediatrics, KMC/ MGM Hospital, Warangal, India