Cardiovascular diseases are among the most common diseases in the Republic of Slovenia. The causes of death are usually complications of coronary heart disease or cerebrovascular disease, leading to a heart attack or stroke. Cardiovascular diseases have to be treated with appropriate medications but a healthy lifestyle is also very important for good control of the disease (eg. healthy diet, physical activity, stress avoidance).
In the Central Database of Medicinal roducts, we found 312 medicinal products that are approved in the Republic of Slovenia and are issued only on prescription. The ATC classification divides individual groups into several subgroups in advance. Most drugs are in two groups: in group C09 (agents acting on the renin-angiotensin system) there are 151 drugs, which represents 48.4 % of all drugs, and in group C10 (lipid modifying agents) there are 63 drugs, which represents 20.2 % of all drugs. Literature describes possible interactions between some of the active substances found in these medicines (enalapril maleate, isosorbide mononitrate) and MCC and its derivatives. Based on this information, we set out to determine the frequency of occurrence of MCC and its derivatives in selected drugs. MCC was most often found in medicines (in 213 medicines or 68.3 % of medicines), HPMC was found in 43.3 % of medicines, HPC in 15.1 % of medicines, EC was found in only two medicines (0.6 % of all medicines) and MC was not found in any of them. MCC and its selected derivatives MC, EC, HPC and HPMC were not found in 56 medicines (17.9 % of all medicines). After reviewing the composition of the selected medicines and searching for possible interactions between active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients in literature, the possibility of these interactions was observed only in medicines containing enalapril malate or isosorbide mononitrate in combination with MCC. Drug-excipient chemical interactions could also be possible in medicines containing drug salts whose opposing ions (e.g. chloride, mesylate and bezyl anion) could potentially interact with HPC or HPMC and form genotoxic products. After reviewing the literature, it can be concluded that drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular disease are in the vast majority of cases compatible with MCC and selected derivatives MC, EC, HPC and HPMC.
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