The Challenges of COVID-19 Treatment in Older Patients and Potential Drug Interactions

Year 2020, Volume: 3 Issue: 3, 81 - 83, 31.12.2020

Esra Ateş Bulut , Pinar Soysal , Ahmet Turan Işık

Abstract

COVID-19 is a new Coronavirus disease that researchers have reported older age, male gender, and comorbidity are associated with a higher risk of severe disease and mortality. Unfortunately, there is no sufficient supporting evidence that any potential therapy improves outcomes in patients diagnosed with COVID-19. Currently, one of the most popular potential treatment options is hydroxychloroquine. However, it also has serious adverse effects (<10%), including QTc prolongation with a possible risk of torsades de pointes, hypoglycemia, neuropsychiatric effects, and retinopathy. Therefore, careful monitoring is required during hydroxychloroquine treatment, and there is an urgent need to develop safe and effective drugs to treat COVID-19 potentially.

Keywords

COVID-19, drug interactions, hydroxychloroquine, older adults, polypharmacy

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Yaşlı COVID-19 Hastalarında Tedavinin Güçlükleri ve Potansiyel İlaç Etkileşimleri

Abstract

COVID-19, araştırmaların ileri yaş, erkek cinsiyet ve komorbiditenin daha şiddetli hastalık ve ölüm riski ile ilişkili olduğunu bildirdiği yeni bir koronavirüs hastalığıdır. Ne yazık ki, herhangi bir potansiyel tedavinin COVID-19 teşhisi konan hastalarda sonuçları iyileştirdiğine dair yeterli destekleyici kanıt yoktur. Şu anda en popüler potansiyel tedavi seçeneklerinden biri hidroksiklorokindir. Ancak hidroksiklorokin, QTc uzaması ile birlikte olası torsades de pointes riski, hipoglisemi, nöropsikiyatrik etkiler, retinopati gibi ciddi yan etkilere (<% 10) neden olabilmektedir. Bu nedenle, hidroksiklorokin tedavisi sırasında dikkatli izlem gereklidir ve COVID-19'u tedavi etme potansiyeline sahip güvenli ve etkili ilaçların geliştirilmesine acil ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır.

Keywords

yaşlı, COVID-19, İlaç etkileşimleri, hidroksiklorokin, polifarmasi

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