1. COVID-19 impact on different Organs and potential interaction with psychotropics
2. COVID-19 Drugs Psychiatric side effects & Potential interaction with psychotropics
3. Psychotropic drug interactions with COVID-19 disease & treatment according to drug class
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Psychotropic Drug Interactions with COVID-19 “Disease and Treatment”
1. Psychotropic Drug
Interactions with COVID-19
“Disease and Treatment”
Prof. Sawsan Aboul-Fotouh
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University
COVID-19
2. No. of people affected by COVID-19 worldwide is >113 M & rapidly ↑ (WHO, Feb. 2021)
COVID-19
3. COVID-19
Although the key symptoms are cough, fever, and
breathlessness, COVID-19 patients might experience,
Anxiety, Delirium, and Agitation in 20-70% (NICE, NHS 2020)
as well as symptoms of depression and insomnia…
Psychosomatics 2020, Psychopharmacology (2021) 238:329–340
▪ Coadministration of COVID-19 drugs and Psychotropics →
Potential drug interactions.
▪ COVID-19 impacts multiple organs → Pharmacokinetic
and Pharmacodynamic interaction with psychotropics.
4. 1. COVID-19 impact on different Organs and
potential interaction with psychotropics
2. COVID-19 Drugs Psychiatric side effects &
Potential interaction with psychotropics
3. Psychotropic drug interactions with COVID-
19 disease & treatment according to drug class
Objectives
5. 1. COVID-19 impact on Multiple Organs
Nature Medicine , (2020)
Cough
↓breath
Pneumonia
ARD
Pulmonary