According to the CDC, no drugs are approved by the FDA for postexposure prophylaxis. Until recently, bebtelovimab was used for postexposure prophylaxis in patients at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19. Tixagevimab plus cilgavimab had been used for preexposure prophylaxis in individuals who were moderately to severely immunocompromised. Other monoclonal antibodies, including casirivimab/imdevimab and sotrovimab, were also previously used for postexposure prevention but are no longer used due to decreased efficacy against variants.
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