drug-drug interactions

A 67-year-old man with head and neck cancer who received radiation treatment two weeks earlier was admitted to a palliative care center for treatment of severe pain caused by a massive fungal infection in and around his throat.&nbsp

About two months ago, when Pfizer's Paxlovid (1) was first distributed to a very select group of pharmacies throughout the US, you pretty much had to know the Pope (and perhaps his pharmacist) to get your hands the

Following the FDA's granting of Emergency Use Authorization to Merck's molnupiravir and Pfizer's Paxlovid, the only two approved direct-acting antiviral drugs; we now have two badly needed tools to deal with COVID, especially since it is

Today, NBC News managed to spoil the coming-out party of a desperately needed, lifesaving drug with its lead headline of the morning: "Pfizer antiviral pills may be risky with other medications."

I have previously written about the concept of "drug-drug interactions." I put the term in quotes because it is not strictly accurate.