A Review of various Analytical Methods Developed for Estimation of Paracetamol, Diclofenac sodium, and Chlorzoxazone in Single-component and Multi-component Dosage Form

Abstract

Painful muco-skeletal joint disorders such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis are typically treated with a combination of paracetamol, diclofenac sodium, and chlorzoxazone. Paracetamol and diclofenac sodium are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, while chlorzoxazone is a muscle relaxant. It acts on the central nervous system and the spinal cord to reduce muscle stiffness and spasms as well as increase muscle mobility. The most commonly used pharmaceutical medicine is paracetamol, which comes in a variety of dosage forms such as injection, tablet, capsule, drops, elixirs, suspensions, and suppositories. However, due to toxicity, it may cause mortality in large dosages with extended intake. As a result, more efficient analytical approaches aimed at providing quality control of routinely used medications are required. Numerous analytical methods, both spectroscopic and chromatographic such as high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography with mass spectrometry, and high-performance thin-layer chromatography have been established to estimate paracetamol diclofenac sodium and chlorzoxazone in their single-component dosage form. The simultaneous estimation of paracetamol, diclofenac sodium, and chlorzoxazone in combined dosage forms has been performed using reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography and high-performance thin-layer chromatography techniques. In contrast, there are very few techniques available to estimate paracetamol, diclofenac sodium, and chlorzoxazone in combination pharmaceutical dose form till date. This article is an attempt to jut out all the methods developed to estimate the above-mentioned drugs in the single or multi-component dosage form.