To study the utilization pattern of corticosteroids in department of Dermatology at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Odisha. The study was conducted for a period of 6 months from July 2013 to December 2013. A prospective study was carried out in Department of Dermatology of IMS & SUM Hospital in collaboration with Department of Pharmacology. All the prescriptions containing steroids were included in the study and the parameters evaluated were gender distribution, age of the patients, types of steroids according to the route of administration, potency of topical steroids, average number of steroids per prescription, number of fixed dose combinations. A total of 719 prescriptions were analyzed having 1079 corticosteroids during the study period. Amongst these prescriptions 56.6 - were in male whereas 43.3 % were in female category. Highest number of patients belongs to male category between the age group of 21 – 30 years (31.94% %) and in female 21 – 30years (25.96%).Out of 1079 drugs prescribed, 67% of these formulations consisted of topical corticosteroids, 26% were oral corticosteroid preparations whereas only 7% were parenteral corticosteroids. According to the potency of prescribed corticosteroids, the analysis ends with the result that 6% were mild, 14% & 36% were moderate & super potent steroids respectively whereas maximum percentage of steroid were potent category that is around 44% of total number of steroids prescribed. The percentage of fixed dose combination with topical steroids prescribed was 32%.