Pfizer's COVID pill has proven to be highly effective, but it could have potentially harmful interactions with common prescriptions, experts warn.
he happened to have a telehealth consult with his doctor already scheduled that day, to talk about going on medication to moderate his high blood pressure.
Though highly effective, Paxlovid, like some other medications, does carry the risk of certain dangerous interactions with many other commonly prescribed drugs – including those which manage heart conditions and cholesterol. It is also not recommended for patients with severe kidney or liver problems.
"Some drugs come with more considerations than others -- the prescribing of this particular drug is complex, and it requires a lot of care," Dr. Inga Lennes, senior vice president of ambulatory care at Massachusetts General Hospital, told ABC News.
This shifting terrain of COVID treatments makes it all the more crucial for doctors to be aware of their patients' full medical profile before signing off on a new prescription, experts said, since there may be potential harms in shifting around their usual drug regimen.
"Usually the adverse effects are an extension of what the drug is used for. For medications used for your blood pressure, you can have an interaction when your blood pressure gets way too low, dangerously low", Dr. Stephanie Widmer, an emergency medicine physician and medical toxicologist, told ABC News. As for statins,"there is the risk of liver injury, and there's the risk of severe muscle injury and breakdown, which could then lead to kidney injury.
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