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ANALYSIS OF DOSAGE FORMS OF FIRST AID MEDICINES FOR INFANTS
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Joseph Tseja , Maryna Kobets , Yuliya Kobets, Natalia Malinina , Olena Ibrahimova ,
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Olga Filiptsova
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1 National University of Pharmacy, Kharkiv, Ukraine; E-mail.: maya4ok777@yahoo.com
2 Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Today the most acute problem in our society is the state of health of the children's
population, since healthy children are the basis for the development of the country, determine
it's further economic, scientific, cultural potential and the health of the following generations.
Although the proportion of purely medical problems in the formation of a person's health,
according to WHO, is not more than 10 %, the medical aspects of preserving health in early
childhood have a much greater effect than in subsequent age groups, since two. This study aims
to analyze the dosage forms of medicines for the treatment of infants.
According to the pharmacist's protocol, dosage forms were analyzed during the
dispensing of over-the-counter drugs for the formation of a first aid kit for infants.
Unfortunately, today, in Ukraine, it's not possible to give birth to a completely healthy
child. This is due to the nutrition of a woman, both during pregnancy and before her, the
harmful habits of her future mother, the ecological situation in the country, and so on. That is
why every mother should use medicines from the first day of her child's life. Most often it is a
means for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, analgesics, and antipyretics, medicines
for the treatment of viral infections, medicines for the treatment of bacterial infections,
medicines for nose diseases. We analyzed dosage forms of first-aid drugs for infants in the
pharmaceutical market of Ukraine among these five pharmacotherapeutic groups.
The group of medicines for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders in the Ukrainian
pharmaceutical market is represented by six pharmaceutical forms. Syrups occupy a leading
position among the drugs of this group. Among the group of analgesics and antipyretics in the
first place are suspensions – 49 %, in the second place – suppositories, which have 38 % and
the third place are syrups – 13 %. A group of medicines for the treatment of viral infections in
infants has no leader in the distribution of drugs in the form of medicine. In the analysis of the
range of medicinal products of this pharmacotherapeutic group, it was found that
suppositories, drops, and tablets have the same percentages in the distribution of drugs in the
form of the drug – 25 %. Also, this group of drugs is presented on the pharmaceutical market of
Ukraine in the form of solutions and drops of nasal. Medicines for the treatment of bacterial
infections in the Ukrainian pharmaceutical market are presented in four pharmaceutical forms,
the leader among which are powders – 62 %. Tablets, lyophilizate for solution for injection, and
eye drops are 13 %. A group of drugs in nasal diseases is represented by two forms of medicine
– drops, and sprays. The leading position is occupied by nasal drops – 75 %. Most of the first
aid drugs for infants are presented in the form of a liquid dosage form. This production of drugs
can be explained from the practical point of view: the convenience of using the drug by parents
in the treatment of newborn babies. A significant share of the domestic market is taken by
foreign manufacturers. Among each analyzed pharmacotherapeutic group, imported drugs
have an advantage. The largest percentage of 37.5 % is produced by domestic producers in the
manufacture of medicines for the treatment of viral infections. The smallest percentage of 12.5
% – in the manufacture of drugs for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, bacterial
infections, and nasal diseases.

Keywords: pharmaceutical market, dosage forms, medicines, infants.
Acknowledgments
We would like to express our gratitude to the head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Management
and Marketing of the National University of Pharmacy, Professor Volodymyr Malyi, for his help in
conducting this study.

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