PATHOGENETIC ROLE OF NITROGEN MONOXIDE EFFICIENCY OF PHARMACOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE AND STABLE ANGINA OF TENSION

Abstract

Introduction: The search for new mechanisms of their interconnection and effective pharmacological correction of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) for comorbidity with stable angina of tension (SAT). The aim: To establish the role of nitrogen monoxide (NO) in the pathogenesis of GERD in patients with SAT and to study the effectiveness of the correction of the basic therapy of SAT in order to eliminate the clinical manifestations of GERD and prevent its development. Materials and methods: 88 patients with SAT with a comorbid GERD were examined. We determined clinical symptoms, the level of stable NO metabolites, calculated the number of nitroglycerin tablets taken one week. All patients (2 groups) received baseline therapy for GERD and SAT. In this case, the patients of the 2nd group (45 persons) received therapy with the exception of long-acting nitrates and, in addition, meldonium for 30 days. Results: With the exception of the use of nitro-containing drugs and adding to the basic therapy of SAT the drug meldonium we faster (p<0,05) achieved a regression of clinical symptoms of GERD and decrease in the level of metabolites NO molecule in patients with SAT. Conclusion: In the case of the exclusion of the intake of long-acting nitrates with the adding of meldonium to the basal therapy of the SAT and the GERD the content of metabolites of nitrogen monoxide in the blood is more normalized, which correlates with a decrease in the frequency of GERD symptoms in patients with SAT and GERD.