Publication #7231

Reference
CEM_CMO(2021)003
Name
COVID-19 therapeutic alert – Antimicrobials (azithromycin and doxycycline) Not Beneficial in the Management of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Positive Patients
Categories
Scottish Government CMO Letters
Organization
Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates
Keywords
NHS SCOTLAND COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS TREATMENTS DRUGS
Description
It is recommended that: Azithromycin should NOT be used in the management of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infection either within primary care or in hospitalised patients, unless there are additional indications for which its use remains appropriate. Doxycycline should NOT be used in the management of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infection within primary care, unless there are additional indications for which its use remains appropriate.

Contact Name
Irene Fazakerley
Contact Address
Chief Medical Officer Directorate Pharmacy and Medicines Division St Andrew’s House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Contact Phone

Created
2021-01-28 00:00:00


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