Background: Medication errors are unintended and can be reduced by considering the related factors. Tactics to this are expected to be diverse in research and routine care. Elderly patients, pregnant women, and patients suffering from chronic disease are at higher risk of getting medication-related errors. Methods: A thorough literature search was performed using PubMed and Google scholar. The author selected the articles bases on their relevance. Medication error, drug-related error, cardiovascular disease, and cardiovascular drugs were the major searched keyword. Secondary sources included from the published medical news articles.