Covid19

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday  announced that late last year Guyana had introduced a new drug for the treatment of COVID-19 patients and hopes to have another drug here soon to aid in the treatment of persons with mild to moderate COVID-19. This disclosure was made during the minister’s daily COVID-19 update where […]

Remdesivir is not the only antiviral effective against SARS-COV-2. It is a broad spectrum antiviral that has been effective against earlier coronaviruses. It is at least 7 years old and some phenotypes/strains of SARS-COV-2 are resistant to it. EIDD-1931(IV) and EIDD-2801 (tablet) are newer and effective against Remdesivir-resistant forms of SARS-COV-2 (and vice versa). The […]

Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a new study from Johns Hopkins, researchers found remdesivir, an antiviral drug used to treat COVID-19, increased the likelihood of clinical improvement in COVID-19 patients on low-flow oxygen or no oxygen. They analyzed data from over 43,000 patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Patients who received remdesivir were matched to the most similar […]

Government has issued revised guidelines for COVID treatment. The new guidelines discourage the use of steroids and limit the usage of drugs like Remdesivir and Tocilizumab. It also recommends only symptomatic management of mild cases. The revised guidelines continue to recommend emergency use authorization (EUA) or off-label use of Remdesivir in patients with “moderate to […]

CAIRO – 18 January 2022: The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) expects, Wednesday, to witness a decline in temperature, where cold weather will prevail during the day in Greater Cairo, Lower Egypt, the northern coasts and northern Upper Egypt.   The weather is expected to be moderate on southern Sinai and the mountain […]

A day after the government’s task force chief expressed regret for the overuse of the steroids during the second wave, the government released revised clinical guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19 in adult patients. Warning against the use of steroids, the revised guidelines state that the use of such drugs can increase the risk of […]

“But, if the patient has a secondary bacterial infection due to COVID-19, then antibiotics are given in such a situation. Whenever there is a viral disease, the immunity of the people gets weakened due to which many times secondary bacterial infection occurs, then antibiotics are given to the patient” adds Dr Vikas Maurya, Director and […]

The revised guidelines issued by AIIMS, ICMR-COVID-19 National Task Force and Joint Monitoring Group (DGHS) under the Union health ministry also stated that anti-inflammatory or immunomodulatory therapy, such as steroids, can have the risk of secondary infection like invasive mucormycosis, when used too early, at higher dose or for longer than required. Injection methylprednisolone 0.5 […]

Staff Reporter UNION Health and Family Welfare Ministry has issued new clinical guidance for management of adult Covid-19 patients in the country. Under the new guidance, active tuberculosis has been added in the high risk disease for Covid-19. People above the age of 60, people having cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, HIV, chronic lung, kidney, liver […]

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JAMA. 2022 Jan 14. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.24939. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT IMPORTANCE: Easy-to-administer anti-SARS-CoV-2 treatments may be used to prevent progression from asymptomatic infection to symptomatic disease and to reduce viral carriage. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of combination subcutaneous casirivimab and imdevimab on progression from early asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection to symptomatic COVID-19. DESIGN, SETTING, […]

This report displays the potential drug interactions for the following 2 drugs: remdesivir Symbicort (budesonide/formoterol) Edit list (add/remove drugs) Interactions between your drugs Drug and food interactions You should avoid the regular consumption of large amounts of grapefruits and grapefruit juice while taking budesonide. Grapefruit can raise the levels of budesonide in your body and […]

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Ghio Ong – The Philippine Star January 9, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The supply of COVID-19 vaccines and medicines in Manila is enough for the rising number of COVID-19 cases, Mayor Isko Moreno announced yesterday. The Sta. Ana Hospital’s vaccine storage facility held 179,000 doses of Pfizer’s vaccine, 55,000 from Moderna, 38,000 from […]

Immunocompromised individuals not expected to mount an adequate immune response to COVID-19 vaccination or SARS-CoV-2 infection due to their underlying conditions, regardless of vaccine status (see Immunocompromising Conditions below); or Unvaccinated individuals at the highest risk of severe disease (anyone aged ≥75 years or anyone aged ≥65 years with additional risk factors). Should we have a larger […]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with immunodeficiency-associated antibody disorders and a longstanding SARS-CoV-2 infection improved substantially after receiving compassionate-use casirivimab and imdevimab, an investigational antibody therapy sold under the brand name REGEN-COV and authorized in the U.S. for emergency use as post-exposure prophylaxis, a new study shows. The retrospective analysis of data from 37 […]

This report displays the potential drug interactions for the following 2 drugs: bamlanivimab and etesevimab (bamlanivimab/etesevimab) Elitek (rasburicase) Edit list (add/remove drugs) Interactions between your drugs No interactions were found between bamlanivimab and etesevimab and Elitek. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider. bamlanivimab and etesevimab A total of […]

This report displays the potential drug interactions for the following 2 drugs: Prilosec (omeprazole) remdesivir Edit list (add/remove drugs) Interactions between your drugs No interactions were found between Prilosec and remdesivir. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider. Prilosec A total of 205 drugs are known to interact with […]