Fixed drug combinations

Treating Tuberculosis: Time to Introduce Fixed-Dose Drug Combinations

Improvised formulation technology In the early 1990s, FDCs of antitubercular drugs were not advocated because of their relatively poor bioavailability and short shelf life. [3] With the present improved formulation technologies, the currently available FDCs are bioequivalent to single drug reference products. Moreover, the stability of these FDCs even after six months in tropical countries is w...

Fixed dose drug combinations: Issues and challenges in India

Medicines are an integral part of healthcare. More than one drug is frequently used for treatment of either single ailment or multiple comorbid conditions. Sometimes, two or more drugs are combined in a fixed ratio into a single dosage form, which is termed as fixed dose combinations (FDCs). The FDCs are justified when they demonstrate clear benefits in terms of (a) potentiating the therapeutic...

Safety of Fixed Dose of Antihypertensive Drug Combinations Compared to (Single Pill) Free-Combinations

To compare serious adverse events of fixed-dose dual antihypertensive drug combination (FIXED) to component-based free-combination (FREE).A population-based nationwide cohort from the French Health Insurance System included subjects over 50 years with first time claims (new user) in the second half of 2009 for a calcium-channel blocker or a thiazide-like diuretic in combination with either an a...

Fixed Combinations in Antihypertensive Therapy

Several studies have now confirmed that optimal targets of blood pressure (BP) could rarely be reached by monotherapy and various drug combinations are required to do this more effectively. However, the best way to increase patient compliance may be fixed combinations of two or more drugs in a single pill. With further research into mechanisms of action and development of new drugs, it became e...

Fixed Combinations – Concept of Use