Viral Infections Flashcards
OSELTAMIVIR DOSING FOR TREATMENT >12 YRS
75 BID X 5 DAYS
OSETAMIVIT DOSING FOR PROPHYLAXIS > 12 YRS
75 MG QD X 10 DAYS
OSETAMIVIR WARNING
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC EVENTS
ZANAMIVIR FORMULATION
INHALATION
ZANAMIVIR WARNING
BRONCHOSPASM (AVOID IN ASTHMA AND COPD)
BALOXAVIR DOSING FREQUENCY
ONLY 1 DOSE FOR BOTH TREATMENT AND PROPHYLAXIS
REMDESIVIR WARNING
↑LFTS
ANTIVIRALS FOR HERPES AND VARICELLA VOSTER
ACYCLOVIR
VALACYCLOVIR
FAMCICLOVIR
ACYCLOVIR, VALAYCLOVIR, FAMCICLOVIR: WARNING
CAUTION IN RENAL IMPAIRMENT, ELDERLY, AND NEPHROTOXIC AGENTS
ACYCLOVIR DOSING
DOSE BASED ON IBW, EVEN IN OBESE
FAMCICLOVIR IS A PRODRUG OF
PENCICLOVIR
COLD SORES TOPICAL AGENTS
DOCOSANOL (ABREVA)
ACYCLOVIR (ZOVIRAX)
DOSING FOR COLD SORE TOPICAL AGENTS
APPLY 5X DAILY AT FIRST SIGN OF OUTBREAK
FOR ACYCLOVIR, USE FOR 4 DAYS
WHEN SHOULD FAMCICLOVIR BE USED FOR HERPES LABIALIS
FOR RECURRENT EPISODES
WHICH AGENT SHOULD BE USED FOR CHRONIC SUPPRESSION OF HERPES LABIALIS
ACYCLOVIR
WHICH AGENT IS USED FOR INVASIVE HSV INFECTION
IV ACYCLOVIR
HOW LONG SHOULD ANTIVIRAL BE TAKEN FOR HERPES ZOSTER TREATMENT
7 DAYS
WHICH AGENTS CAN BE USED FOR CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
GANCICLOVIR
VALGANCICLOVIR
CIDOFOVIR
FOSCARNET
HOW SHOULD GANCICLOVIR BE RECONSTITUTED
ONLY WITH STERILE WATER, NOT BACTERIOSTATIC
GANCICLOVIR AND VALGANCICLOVIR BOXED WARNING
MYELOSUPPRESSION
FOSCARNET BOXED WARNING
RENAL IMPAIRMENTS