Introduction- Pain is an important dimension of post operative experience for most patients and many of them continue to experience moderate to severe pain after surgery. Proper management of pain remains one of the most important issues for health professionals. Utilization pattern of analgesics are changing from salicylates to wide range of synthetic compounds like cyclo-oxygenase (cox-2) inhibitors. Objective- The aim was to provide concise and updated information about use of analgesics and to find out existing prescribing practices. Methodology- Analgesic prescribing pattern was surveyed in the perioperative cases of a Teaching Hospital, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Nagpur. This was a cross sectional hospital based survey of prescribing pattern of analgesics. The study sample included 843 in-patient prescriptions from surgical departments; general surgery, orthopedics, obs __ampersandsignamp; gynae, ENT and ophthalmology. Results-The study showed that in all, 8 different analgesic agents were prescribed. Analgesics were prescribed by parenteral route in 52.20%, oral 42.82% and by topical route in 4.98% of cases. Diclofenac was the most prescribed analgesic by different routes of administration. A trend towards use of new modalities of pain relief like epidural bupivacaine was observed. Suggestion for establishment of institutional prescribing policy is recommended.