For COVID-19 infected older adults, 63.93% maintained taking medication for chronic diseases, but 32.79% stopped taking medication during COVID-19 infection. COVID-19 related illness perception (OR=1.111, p=0.004) and social network (OR=1.156, p=0.010) correlated with the behaviors such as ...
This paper discusses the possible effects of comedication on COVID-19 and the current treatment options for this infection. It is very doubtful that comedication has a disadvantageous effect on the course of the disease. NSAIDs should be avoided in any patient with a possible severe disease, ...
Objective Due to concerns of infection and medication disruptions during the COVID pandemic, rheumatology patients at the pandemic epicenter were at risk of distress and poor health outcomes. We sought to investigate medication disruptions and COVID‐related distress shortly after the peak of the ...
Lithium was immediately discontinued upon admission, and he received symptomatic management for COVID-19. Due to the severity of his condition, he remained hospitalized for 4 weeks. During his hospital stay, he experienced acute kidney injury (with the lowest eGFR recorded at 9 mL/min), ...
Immune-deficient mice implanted with human lung tissue (LoM) allowed for replication of SARS-CoV-2, which resulted in infection that recapitulates several features of early diffuse lung damage seen in COVID-19 patients. In addition, acute SARS-CoV-2 infection induced a robust and sustained Type...
The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has begun with a wave of misinformation and fear of infection. This may have led people to self-medicate inappropriately. The World Health Organization describes self-medication (SM) as utilizing medicines to rel
Based on findings from a randomized controlled trial in Thailand, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended oral medication as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV infection among injecting drug users. The CDC recommends that injecting drug users take a daily ...
Effects of a COVID-19 Public Health Lockdown on Drinking and Health Behavior Among Persons with HIV and with Unhealthy Alcohol use in Uganda Article Open access 31 March 2023 References Report of the NIH Panel To Define Principles of Therapy of HIV Infection. Ann Intern Med. 1998;128:1057...
For a study published today inJAMA Network Open, the investigators examined data on the usage rates of 10 different medicines and medicine categories to map how drugs were used on people hospitalized with the viral infection. The authors got their data from the University of California COVID Rese...
Their use is relevant for other pathologies, but a recent review has determined that there is no clear evidence of the beneficial effects of antiretrovirals in the prevention of COVID-19.130,131 More research is still needed to determine the cost and benefit of antiretrovirals for COVID-19. ...