The need for additional data on safety and efficacy of medicines both new and old that assess all potential risk factors is ever present, with health system pharmacists at the front lines.
COVID-19 treatment proving effective in Heartland patients
The goal of the outpatient infusion is to keep patients out of the hospital
COVID-19 treatment proving effective in Heartland patients By Crystal Britt | January 28, 2021 at 9:45 PM CST - Updated January 28 at 10:25 PM
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Some patients are calling it a miracle drug.
New treatments continue to emerge to help COVID-19 patients get better quicker, and keep them out of the hospital.
One of them is called Bamlanivimab, and it has helped hundreds in the Heartland in the past couple of months.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization to permit the use of the unapproved treatment for mild to moderate coronavirus disease.