Erschienen in:
01.08.2022 | Research Letter
Paxlovid-Tacrolimus Drug–Drug Interaction in a 23-Year-Old Female Kidney Transplant Patient with COVID-19
verfasst von:
Noa Berar Yanay, Ido Bogner, Khader Saker, Elias Tannous
Erschienen in:
Clinical Drug Investigation
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Ausgabe 8/2022
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Excerpt
Kidney transplant patients are at a high risk for adverse severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) infection outcomes in terms of morbidity and mortality. Therefore, these patients are candidates for additional pharmacotherapy. Paxlovid was authorized as such a therapy in December 2021. Because of potential paxlovid drug–drug interactions, transplanted patients receiving calcineurin inhibitors must be monitored. We report on a case of a kidney transplant patient who received paxlovid for SARS-CoV-2 infection who developed a drug–drug interaction with tacrolimus. …