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- Title
Drug interactions with potential antivirals used for COVID-19 in older persons.
- Authors
Vanda Ho; Tee, Caroline; See, Kay Choong
- Abstract
The article informs that drug interactions with potential antivirals used for COVID-19 in older persons, and succinctly highlighted the challenges and potential treatment options. Topics include specific antivirals for COVID-19 infections have been proven to effective in randomized controlled trials, off label, compassionate and experimental use of several drugs are common; and antiviral administration in older adults carries an elevated risk of harm from drug–drug and drug–disease interaction.
- Subjects
ANTIVIRAL agents; DRUG interactions; COMORBIDITY; POLYPHARMACY; INAPPROPRIATE prescribing (Medicine); COVID-19; OLD age
- Publication
Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 2020, Vol 20, Issue 7, p737
- ISSN
1444-1586
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ggi.13970