THE MAIN TRENDS IN THE POPULATION CONSUMPTION OF MEDICINES PRESCRIBED FOR ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Arterial hypertension is a widespread disease and a major risk factor for the development of lethal cardiovascular pathologies. To reduce this risk, timely detection of arterial hypertension, control of blood pressure levels and effective drug therapy for high blood pressure are necessary. Relevance. Study of population consumption of drugs used for hypertension in the retail sector of the pharmaceutical market in the Russian Federation for the period from 2017 to 2021. Methods. We used the methods of retrospective, predictive, structural, logical, comparative, graphic, marketing, pharmacoepi-demiological analyzes when conducting this study. The results were processed using the normalization method and methods of mathematical statistics. Results. The analysis of the structure and study of the characteristics of the population consumption of drugs used for arterial hypertension in the territory of the Russian Federation for the period 2017-2021 was carried out. The main share of sales falls on monopreparations: 92.04% - in physical terms, 74.55% - in monetary terms. In the rare pharmacy sales of antihypertensive drugs in the Russian Federation, the share of fixed combinations is 7.96% in physical terms and 25.64% in monetary terms. The most popular antihypertensive drugs in both in-kind and monetary terms over the estimated period are ACE inhibitors and p-blockers. In the subgroup of fixed combinations, "angiotensin II receptor blocker+diuretic" and "ACE inhibitor+diuretic" are in the lead. In the total consumption of antihypertensive drugs, the share of multicomponent fixed combinations accounts for only 0.44% in physical terms, but in monetary terms this figure is 2.51%. According to the results of the survey, doctors were more likely to be conservative in prescribing antihypertensive drug therapy, preferring single drugs, and medical specialists receive information about new drugs mainly at conferences, when meeting with medical representatives, and also from the Internet. Conclusion. Based on the results of the study, an educational program for medical and pharmaceutical specialists "Modern range of drugs prescribed for the prevention and treatment of hypertension" was developed.