TY - JOUR
T1 - A Complete Guide on Crushing Tablets and/or Opening Capsules of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Medications
AU - Patel, Sonal
AU - Spence, James William
AU - Veean, Sohini
AU - Gonzales-Zamora, Jose
AU - Vazquez, Jose Antonio
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - There are limited data regarding the ability to crush tablets or open capsules for antiretroviral agents. This lack of data is problematic when encountering patients who cannot swallow these tablets or capsules, especially for patients who are mechanically ventilated. Furthermore, many antiretroviral agents do not have an oral or intravenous solution available. The authors address this issue by reviewing all commercially available antiretroviral agents to determine whether they could crush tablets or open capsules.
AB - There are limited data regarding the ability to crush tablets or open capsules for antiretroviral agents. This lack of data is problematic when encountering patients who cannot swallow these tablets or capsules, especially for patients who are mechanically ventilated. Furthermore, many antiretroviral agents do not have an oral or intravenous solution available. The authors address this issue by reviewing all commercially available antiretroviral agents to determine whether they could crush tablets or open capsules.
KW - HIV
KW - antiretroviral
KW - do-not-crush
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U2 - 10.1097/IPC.0000000000000505
DO - 10.1097/IPC.0000000000000505
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85020529660
SN - 1056-9103
VL - 25
SP - 214
EP - 217
JO - Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
JF - Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
IS - 4
ER -