COVID-19 Archives - Drugs in Context

Individuals at risk for severe COVID-19 in whom ritonavir-containing therapies are contraindicated or may lead to interactions with concomitant medications: a retrospective analysis of German health insurance claims data

Christoph Lübbert, Igor Dykukha, Jann-Patrick Pelz, Helen Yearley, Wolfgang Junker, Nina Gruber, Sibyll Escher, Katrin Biereth, Sima Melnik, Julia Puschmann

Article Type

Review

Published

27 Jun 2023

This article aimed to assess the prevalence of individuals with one or more risk factors for severe COVID-19 along with contraindications and potential drug–drug interactions due to ritonavir-containing COVID-19 therapy.

Treatment of the common cold with herbs used in Ayurveda and Jamu: monograph review and the science of ginger, liquorice, turmeric and peppermint

Retno S Wardani, Natalie Schellack, Tamlyn Govender, Abhay N Dhulap, Prapti Utami, Vinod Malve, Yong Chiat Wong

Article Type

Review

Published

14 Jun 2023

This review aims to provide a better understanding of the traditional and modern perspectives on some of the herbal ingredients (ginger, liquorice, turmeric and peppermint) putatively used for common cold symptom management.

Changes in nasal, pharyngeal and salivary secretory IgA levels in patients with COVID-19 and the possibility of correction of their secretion using combined intranasal and oral administration of a pharmaceutical containing antigens of opportunistic microorganisms

Mikhail Kostinov, Oksana Svitich, Alexander Chuchalin, Natalya Abramova, Valery Osiptsov, Ekaterina Khromova, Dmitry Pakhomov, Vitaly Tatevosov, Anna Vlasenko, Vilia Gainitdinova, Kirill Mashilov, Nadezhda Kryukova, Irina Baranova, Anton Kostinov

Article Type

Original Research

Published

12 Jun 2023

This article aims to assess the secretion of SIgA in the nasal and pharyngeal compartments and saliva of patients with COVID-19 and to investigate the possibility and efficiency of correction of their secretion using combined intranasal and oral administration of a pharmaceutical containing antigens of opportunistic microorganisms.

COVID-19 therapy and vaccination: a clinical narrative review

Siddharth Chinta, Miguel Rodriguez-Guerra, Mohammed Shaban, Neelanjana Pandey, Maria Jaquez-Duran, Timothy J Vittorio

Article Type

Review

Published

07 Feb 2023

This review discusses how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has progressed and surged, and summarizes the safety and efficacy of the most used therapies and vaccines in the light of recent evidence.

Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

George Kassianos, Joan Puig-Barberà, Hannah Dinse, Martin Teufel, Özlem Türeci, Shanti Pather

Article Type

Review

Published

20 Jun 2022

This article seeks to summarize the currently available information to address the most common concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccination.