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Investigation on the interaction between nifedipine and ritonavir containing antivirus regimens: a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic analysis

2020-05-26 pharmacology and therapeutics Title + abstract only
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Background and ObjectiveHypertension is a common comorbidity of patients with COVID-19, SARS or HIV infection. Those patients are often treated with commonly used antiviral and antihypertensive agents concomitantly, such as ritonavir-containing regimens and nifedipine. Since ritonavir is a strong inhibitor of CYP3A, when nifedipine is combined with ritonavir-containing antiviral drugs, there is a potential risk of drug-drug interaction. This study aimed to provide guidance on nifedipine treatmen...

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