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Abstract
Purpose
Infectious disease pharmacists and physicians overseeing antimicrobial stewardship programs possess expertise and often advanced certification in management of antiretrovirals to treat HIV. Stewardship programs are responsible for managing facility formularies and must stay up to date with the latest antiretrovirals, including once daily formulations and depot injectables. Furthermore, stewardship program members need to understand drug-interactions, short-, and long-term toxicities of these regimens, including dyslipidemia and cardiovascular effects. Patients receiving chronic antiretroviral therapy may present to the acute care, ambulatory care, and long-term care settings. Like other antimicrobials, audit-and-feedback, drug monitoring, and dose-optimization are often required to prevent antiretroviral associated medication errors and minimize resistance.
Methods
A narrative review was conducted on antiretroviral stewardship, addressing common clinical questions encountered by stewardship teams and best practices to optimize antiretroviral therapy and reduce the risk for treatment interruptions, resistance, drug interactions, long term toxicities, and other adverse effects.
Findings
People living with HIV are often hospitalized and treated by medical teams without formal HIV training. For this reason, these patients are at greater risk for medication errors during hospitalization and between transitions of care. Many opportunities are present for antiretroviral stewardship to mitigate these errors. Frequent updates to simplify HIV regimen, maintain select patients on fixed-dose combination tablets, and strategies to minimize drug interactions make it difficult for even the seasoned clinician to keep up regularly.
Implications
Despite the availability of free online HIV resources and progress made in HIV management, significant opportunities for antiretroviral stewardship remain. Implementing electronic order entry updates, formulary upgrades, and formal pharmacy renal dose adjustments to optimize antiretroviral therapy will help clinicians harness these opportunities. Dedicated time and expertise for antiretroviral stewardship as part of local antimicrobial stewardship programs are needed.
目的:负责监督抗菌药物管理计划的传染病药剂师和医生拥有管理治疗艾滋病抗逆转录病毒药物的专业知识,通常还获得了高级认证。抗菌药物管理计划负责管理医疗机构的处方药,必须了解最新的抗逆转录病毒药物,包括每日一次的制剂和去势注射剂。此外,管理计划成员还需要了解这些治疗方案的药物相互作用、短期和长期毒性,包括血脂异常和心血管影响。接受慢性抗逆转录病毒治疗的患者可能会在急症护理、非住院护理和长期护理环境中就诊。与其他抗菌药物一样,为了防止与抗逆转录病毒相关的用药错误并将耐药性降至最低,通常需要进行审计和反馈、药物监测以及剂量优化:方法:我们对抗逆转录病毒药物管理进行了叙述性回顾,探讨了管理团队遇到的常见临床问题,以及优化抗逆转录病毒疗法和降低治疗中断、耐药性、药物相互作用、长期毒性和其他不良反应风险的最佳实践:艾滋病病毒感染者通常由没有接受过正规艾滋病培训的医疗团队进行住院治疗。因此,这些患者在住院期间和护理过渡期间出现用药错误的风险更大。抗逆转录病毒药物管理有很多机会来减少这些错误。频繁更新以简化 HIV 治疗方案、让特定患者继续服用固定剂量复方片剂以及尽量减少药物相互作用的策略,即使是经验丰富的临床医生也很难定期跟上:尽管有了免费的艾滋病在线资源,艾滋病管理也取得了进展,但抗逆转录病毒药物管理仍存在巨大的机遇。为优化抗逆转录病毒疗法,实施电子医嘱输入更新、处方集升级和正规药房肾脏剂量调整将有助于临床医生利用这些机会。作为当地抗菌药物管理计划的一部分,抗逆转录病毒药物管理需要专门的时间和专业知识。
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