Search Tag: ritonavir

2024 09 Jun

  In a recent clinical trial, a 15-day course of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir targeting SARS-CoV-2 was found to be safe as an extended-duration treatment. However, it did not alleviate specific symptoms of long COVID. These findings are published in JAMA Internal Medicine.   The combination of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir is approved by the FDA for treating...Read more

2020 20 Jul

Older, critically ill patients with COVID-19 who received a combination of the antiretroviral medications lopinavir and ritonavir experienced bradycardia, a  slow heart rate, more often, according to new research published  in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, an American Heart Association journal. The combination of antiretroviral...Read more

2020 19 May

Clinicians are faced with a serious disease with no effective therapy. Several options are being considered to treat COVID-19, but how promising are these drugs? A  number of colleagues and friends from outside the hospital have asked me whether they should take hydroxychloroquine for their COVID-19. A friend asked me whether he should...Read more