The war in Ukraine causes people constant nervous tension and stress, as a result, there is an increase in the number of cases of diseases of the nervous system. It has been established that worsening of cognitive impairment is more often diagnosed, so there is a need for proper rational pharmacotherapy.
The presence of cognitive impairment occurs in almost 30% of patients with post-COVID syndrome and in 70% of patients in the first 6 months after a stroke.
Nootropic drugs are increasingly being used to restore and improve cognitive function.
The aim of our research was to study the range of drugs of the ATC group N06B X «Various psychostimulants and nootropics», which are presented on the pharmaceutical market of Ukraine as of February 2024 for formation of needed offers of domestic and foreign drugs during wartime, optimization of meeting the needs of patients with cognitive impairment, and relevance of drugs development by domestic manufacturers.
In order to conduct marketing research, an analytical review of information sources on the reference group of drugs registered on the Ukrainian market (psychostimulants and nootropics) was used: The State Register of Drugs, the Compendium, instructions for the use of drugs. The methods of our research were information search, generalization, marketing research, graphical and mathematical and statistical methods.
The results of the analysis of the ATC of group N06B X «Various psychostimulants and nootropics» showed that 17 active pharmaceutical ingredients are registered in the modern pharmaceutical market of Ukraine, which are represented by 156 trade names (TN).
We conducted a study of the range of drugs ATC of the N06B X group «Various psychostimulants and nootropics» depending on the country of manufacture. It has been established that the drugs of this group are represented by 12 countries. Analysis of the nomenclature in the pharmaceutical market of Ukraine showed that 95 TN are produced by 24 Ukrainian manufacturers, 61 TN – by 20 foreign manufacturers. It was found that pramiracetam and phenylpiracetam preparations are represented only by foreign manufacturers, which indicates the need to introduce to the market new drugs of domestic production.
In the studied assortment of drugs of the reference group, 90% of the total number are monocomponent drugs. The most common forms of drugs in this group are solutions for injection (40%) and tablets (35). The largest share of such dosage forms as solutions for injection and tablets is represented by cytocoline and piracetam preparations, which indicates a high need for such dosage forms of this group of drugs in the treatment of cognitive impairment.
The results of the study may be relevant in the formation of the necessary assortment of drugs in pharmacies to meet the needs of patients with cognitive impairments.
