Abstract
Patients with acute and chronic kidney failure generally have accompanying diseases so many drugs are often prescribed. The increasing complexity of the drugs used will lead to an increased risk of drug interaction events, potentially affecting the success of the patient's therapy. This study aims determine the potential of drug interactions of patients with kidney failure inpatient of Panglima Sebaya Hospital. This research is a descriptive study retrospectively with purposive sampling techniques. The results of the study of 64 medical records of patients who qualified for inclusion showed that the characteristics of the most patients were men as many as 34 patients (53.13%), ages ranging from 46-55 years (early elderly) as many as 19 patients (29.69%), with the number of diseases accompanying 1-2 diseases as many as 50 patients (78.13%) such as anemia as many as 27 patients (28.13%). The total use of 6-10 drugs was mostly given to 31 patients (48.44%) in the form of cardiovascular system drugs which is 149 prescribing (31.17%). The potential drug interactions found were 12% minor, 80% moderate, and 8% major.
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