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