Potrošnja i farmaceutsko-tehnološke formulacije biljnih lekova u Srbiji

Abstract

Medicinal plants have an immense therapeutic potential that is not fully utilised. The poor results of clinical studies are often a consequence of bad biopharmaceutical characteristics (solubility and permeability) of herbal medicine. By developing new systems of administering medicine, it is possible to improve all three standards important for every medicine: efficiency, safety and quality. Data of consumption and characteristics of herbal medicine used in Serbia were taken from the official site of the Agency for Medicine and Remedies of Serbia. The absolute consumption of herbal medicine (given in euros) in 2016 in relation to 2006 has been increased by 1466.63%, while the relative consumption (in relation to absolute consumption of all medicine) has been increased by 811.11% in the same period. This substantial increase of the usage of herbal medicine was not followed by an increase in the presence of modern pharmaceutical dosage forms, since the observed period contained no registered herbal (or traditional) medicine formulated by the new medicine delivery system. Developing a new system for the delivery of herbal medicine, whose active ingredients has shown in vitro efficiency, could provide this efficiency when applied to humans. Registering these medications on the Serbian market would enable better quality use of such medicine in the healthcare system.