Rezaee H, Pourkarim F, Pourtaghi‐Anvarian S, Entezari‐Maleki T, Asvadi‐Kermani T, Nouri‐Vaskeh M. Drug-drug interactions with candidate medications used for COVID-19 treatment: An overview.
Pharmacol Res Perspect 2021;
9:e00705. [PMID:
33421347 PMCID:
PMC7796804 DOI:
10.1002/prp2.705]
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Abstract
Drug-drug interaction (DDI) is a common clinical problem that has occurred as a result of the concomitant use of multiple drugs. DDI may occur in patients under treatment with medications used for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; i.e., chloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir, ribavirin, tocilizumab, and remdesivir) and increase the risk of serious adverse reactions such as QT-prolongation, retinopathy, increased risk of infection, and hepatotoxicity. This review focuses on summarizing DDIs for candidate medications used for COVID-19 in order to minimize the adverse reactions.
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