What Next? New Drugs, Old Drugs, and New Challenges in Choosing Treatments for Covid-19

NEJM Evid. 2022 Sep;1(9):EVIDe2200189. doi: 10.1056/EVIDe2200189. Epub 2022 Aug 23.

Abstract

Much has changed since March 2020, when the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic and clinicians around the world began desperately searching for therapies that could help afflicted patients. Barely 2.5 years after SARS-CoV-2 was discovered, we have solid evidence for the efficacy and safety of repurposed and novel agents for pre- and postexposure prophylaxis and for mild and severe disease, not to mention highly effective vaccines.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • COVID-19 Drug Treatment
  • COVID-19*
  • Humans
  • Pandemics / prevention & control
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents