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ArticleMolecular pharmaceutics2021

Ternary Eutectic Ezetimibe-Simvastatin-Fenofibrate System and the Physical Stability of Its Amorphous Form.

Justyna Knapik-Kowalczuk, Daniel Kramarczyk, Karolina Jurkiewicz, Krzysztof Chmiel, Marian Paluch

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Article in Molecular pharmaceutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Justyna Knapik-KowalczukFaculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Physics, University of Silesia in Katowice, SMCEBI, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1a, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3736-8098
Daniel KramarczykFaculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Physics, University of Silesia in Katowice, SMCEBI, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1a, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland.
Karolina JurkiewiczFaculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Physics, University of Silesia in Katowice, SMCEBI, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1a, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4289-7827
Krzysztof ChmielDepartment of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, School of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Jagiellonska 4, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4532-0051
Marian PaluchFaculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Physics, University of Silesia in Katowice, SMCEBI, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1a, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, the phase diagram of the ternary system of ezetimibe-simvastatin-fenofibrate was established. It has been proven that the ternary composition recommended for the treatment of mixed hyperlipidemia forms a eutectic system. Since eutectic mixtures are characterized by greater solubility and dissolution rate, the obtained result can explain the marvelous medical effectiveness of combined therapy. Considering that another well-known method for improving the aqueous solubility is amorphization, the ternary system with eutectic concentration was converted into an amorphous form. Thermal properties, molecular dynamics, and physical stability of the obtained amorphous system were thoroughly investigated through various experimental techniques compared to both: neat amorphous active pharmaceutical ingredients (considered separately) and other representative concentrations of ternary mixture. The obtained results open up a new way of selecting the therapeutic concentrations for combined therapies, a path that considers one additional variable: eutecticity.

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Anticholesteremic AgentsChemistry, PharmaceuticalDrug CombinationsDrug CompoundingDrug StabilityDrug StorageEzetimibeFenofibrateHumansHyperlipidemiasSimvastatinAnticholesteremic AgentsDrug CombinationsEzetimibeFenofibrateSimvastatinamorphous pharmaceuticalseutectic systemezetimibefenofibratephysical stabilitysimvastatinternary eutectic

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