CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

COVID-19 Case Challenges: Employing Outpatient Antivirals and Addressing Drug‒Drug Interactions

Episode Summary

Listen to Renslow Sherer, MD, and Trinh P. Vu, PharmD, BCIDP, describe how to optimize outpatient COVID-19 antiviral therapy, discuss how to assess and manage drug-drug interactions with COVID-19 antivirals using available resources, and answer learner’s most pressing questions about this topic.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Renslow Sherer, MD, and Trinh P. Vu, PharmD, BCIDP, discuss how to optimize the use of COVID-19 antivirals and how to navigate drug-drug interactions between COVID-19 treatments and a patient’s home medications. Their discussion includes:

• Current COVID-19 landscape
• COVID-19 testing and vaccination recommendations
• Treatment guidelines and antiviral options for nonhospitalized adults with COVID-19
• Resources for assessing and managing COVID-19 antiviral-related drug-drug interactions
• Answers to learners’ most pressing questions

Presenters:

Renslow Sherer, MD
Professor of Medicine
Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Trinh P. Vu, PharmD, BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Infectious Diseases
Department of Pharmacy
Emory University Hospital Midtown
Atlanta, Georgia

Slideset: https://bit.ly/4c6kwbJ

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