Consider the Many Drug Interactions With Hep C Antivirals

November 2019

You'll face MANY potential drug interactions when patients are admitted on hepatitis C antivirals (Epclusa, Mavyret, etc).

Interactions can lead to toxicity...or treatment failure. And this can be an expensive mistake...since antivirals cost up to $95,000/course.

Be familiar with how to respond to a few common culprits.

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Table of Contents

Pediatrics Don't Treat Pediatric Patients Like Little Adults
Heart Failure Consider Nuances to Optimize Acute and Chronic Heart Failure Treatment
Surgery Don't Add Peri-Op Stress-Dose Steroids to All Patients on Chronic Steroids
Hematology & Oncology Know When to Use Different Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) Treatments
Heart Failure Put the Use of SGLT2 Inhibitors for Heart Failure In Perspective
Hepatitis C Consider the Many Drug Interactions With Hep C Antivirals
Med Safety Address Patient Concerns About Impurities Found in Ranitidine and Other Meds
New Drugs Compare Baqsimi or Gvoke With IM Glucagon for Severe Hypoglycemia
HIV & AIDS Be Ready to Manage HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Meds on Admission
New Drugs Watch for the First Oral GLP-1 Agonist, Rybelsus, During Transitions of Care