Skill Checkup: A 70-Year-Old Man With Loss of Smell, Dry Cough, and Headache

Enrico Brunetti, MD

November 07, 2022

While the patient is taking nirmatrelvir/ritonavir for COVID-19, he may continue saxagliptin therapy with a dose reduction to 2.5 mg daily. Other diabetes medications, such as empagliflozin, insulin, metformin, and pioglitazone, are not likely to have clinically relevant interactions with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir, but because individuals with diabetes and COVID-19 should follow "sick day rules," the patient should be advised to suspend metformin.

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Skill Checkup: A 70-Year-Old Man With Loss of Smell, Dry Cough, and Headache

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