AHFS&174 Drug Information 2021

AHFS Drug Information® 2021:: the #1 most reliable drug and safety resource.

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2021 Updates Include::

• New and extensively updated drug information for management of COVID-19-infections based on current guidelines, including use of antiviral agents such as remdesivir and lopinavir/ritonavir, SARS-CoV-2-specific monoclonal antibodies (e.g., bamlanivimab), as well as use of supporting agents such as corticosteroids, immune globulin, nitric oxide, and tocilizumab
• Updated information on drugs commonly used for ICU sedation in critically ill patients with COVID-19, including propofol, dexmedetomidine, and midazolam and alternative drugs such as ketamine considered in potential drug shortage situations
• Revised information for influenza vaccines for the 2020-2021 season to address possible coinfection with COVID-19 and influenza
• Recommendations from current HIV guidelines for use of antiretroviral agents, including new fixed-combination antiretroviral products
• Revision of antiviral agents used to treat hepatitis C infections based on current guidelines
• Breakthroughs oncology drugs approved as part of the FDA’s accelerated approval program
• New oncology therapies for the treatment of cancers associated with activating gene mutations and oncogenic gene fusions
• Improved information on oncology off-label uses
• New information on non-oncology off-label uses (e.g., use of mycophenolate in lung transplantation)
• Latest safety updates based on MedWatch alerts (e.g., warning for cyclin-dependent kinase [CDK] inhibitors regarding interstitial lung disease/pneumonitis; risk of serious bowel problems with clozapine; serious, life-threatening, or fatal respiratory depression with gabapentin and pregabalin; stronger warning regarding risk of neuropsychiatric effects with montelukast)
• Expansion of the current guidance on making use of naloxone more widely available to high-risk individuals for opioid overdose
• Addition of new monograph for bremelanotide for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women