https://ajhponline.com/index.php/journal <p><strong>Asian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy (<em>Asian Jour Hosp Phar</em>)</strong> is a double-blind peer-reviewed Tri-annual&nbsp; (w.e.f. Jan 2026 Onwards) open access international journal dedicated to the promotion of research in Pharmaceutical sciences. We define Open Access journals as journals that use a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access. The journal publishes Research articles, Review articles, Case Reports, and Short communication from broad areas like Pharmacy practice,&nbsp; Clinical Pharmacy, Hospital Pharmacy, Pharmacotherapeutics Pharmacoepidemiology and Economics, Clinical Research, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy &amp; Phytochemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Analysis,&nbsp; Pharmacogenomics, Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Pharmacology, Novel drug delivery system, Nanotechnology, Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Natural Chemistry, Polymer Sciences, and Biotechnology.</p> <p><strong>Road Indexing:</strong> https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2583-0724</p> <p><strong>Open Access Policy</strong></p> <p>All the published articles by the Asian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy (AJHP) are available Worldwide Under the Open Access Policy. As per the Budapest Open Access Initiative, Readers can Directly Access Published articles without paying any subscription or access fees. Readers are allowed to read, download, copy, and distribute the full text of all published articles, and readers can utilize the published article for non-commercial purposes.</p> <p><strong>Data Preservation</strong></p> <p><strong>Asian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy (AJHP) preserved</strong> all published data content in PKPPN</p> AJHP Publisher en-US Asian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy 2583-0724 <p>Copyright © Author(s) retain the copyright of this article.</p> https://ajhponline.com/index.php/journal/article/view/139 <p>Postoperative pain following orthopedic surgery is often severe and inadequately controlled, leading to delayed recovery, prolonged hospitalization, and increased morbidity. Rational analgesic prescribing and drug utilization evaluation are essential to optimize therapeutic outcomes and ensure effective pain control. The intensity and severity of postoperative pain vary depending on patient-related and procedural factors. The Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) is a widely used standardized tool for assessing pain intensity, where patients rate their pain on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 indicating no pain and 10 representing the worst imaginable pain. This tool provides a simple and reliable method for evaluating pain severity and guiding analgesic therapy. The study aimed to assess the intensity and pattern of postoperative pain among orthopedic surgery patients using standardized pain scales, to identify commonly prescribed analgesics and associated medications used in postoperative pain management, and to evaluate the incidence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) related to analgesic therapy.</p> Soumya Paspula Misbah Begum Farheen Fatima Kuppireddy Asritha Vaishnavi Pasham Copyright (c) 2026 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-06-30 2026-06-30 1 9 10.38022/ajhp.v6i2.139