Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by hyperglycemia and disturbances of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism associated with absolute or relative deficiency of insulin action and/or secretion. The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of type 2 DM patients and whether there were DRPs (Drug Related Problems) using antidiabetic drugs in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at the Inpatient Pharmacy Installation of Tk.III Hospital Dr. R. Soeharsono period 2019-2020. This research is a non-experimental research with a descriptive research design with a retrospective approach. The sampling technique used was total sampling with a sample of 42 patients taken from the medical records of type 2 DM patients who received antidiabetic drugs at the Inpatient Pharmacy Installation of Tk.III Hospital Dr. R. Soeharsono Banjarmasin. From the results of this study, type 2 diabetes was mostly experienced by women, 25 patients (60%) with an age range of 41-60 years (62%), with the most diabetes complications being hypertension (59.5%). There were 22 patients (52.3%) who experienced DRPs by category in a row, namely drug interactions (33.3%), drugs without indications (14%), indications without drugs (4 ,7%), wrong drug (2.4%), under dose (4.7%), and over dose (0%).
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