Collection of useful links
Drug therapy and COVID-19:
- IUPHAR (International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology): https://iuphar.org/coronavirus-news/
- Guidelines on drug therapy and COVID-19 by the Geneva University Hospital HUG: https://www.hug-ge.ch/coronavirus/recommandations-pour-professionnels-sante#considerations
- Information on drug-drug interactions with drugs used for treatment of COVID-19 patients provided by the University of Liverpool: https://www.covid19-druginteractions.org/
- Information on QTc-prolongation by drugs: https://crediblemeds.org
- Article by Giudicessi et al.: "Urgent Guidance for Navigating and Circumventing the QTc Prolonging and Torsadogenic Potential of Possible Pharmacotherapies for COVID-19" (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.03.024)
- Large scientific journals offer COVID-19 related contents currently free of charge, e.g. "Science" (https://www.sciencemag.org/collections/coronavirus), the New England Journal of Medicine (https://www.nejm.org/coronavirus), the Lancet (https://www.thelancet.com/coronavirus), the British Medical Journal (https://www.bmj.com/coronavirus), Elsevier Journals (https://www.elsevier.com/connect/coronavirus-information-center)
Laboratory analyses of plasma concentrations of COVID-19-related drugs (Therapeutic Drug Monitoring):
- Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, CHUV, Lausanne:
Analytes: Hydroxychloroqine, lopinavir/ritonavir, azithromycin (https://www.chuv.ch/fr/laboratoires/dl-home/prestations/preanalytique-et-postanalytique/commander-ou-imprimer-un-formulaire-de-demande-danalyse/)
Form in French: https://www.chuv.ch/fileadmin/sites/dl/documents/dmlp-BON_TDM__COVID-19_v3_200311.pdf
Form in German: https://www.chuv.ch/fileadmin/sites/dl/documents/dmlp-BON_TDM__COVID-19_v3_200313_all.pdf
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zurich:
Analytes: chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir, ritonavir (http://www.uzl.usz.ch/fachwissen/uzl-analysen-auskunftssystem/Seiten/default.aspx)
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