Administration of Potential Medications for COVID-19 Treatment Through Feeding Tube

If the oral suspension dosage form is not available, opening up the oseltamivir capsule is recommended. Since remdesivir is only available in a parenteral dosage form, it cannot be administered via FT.4 Even though hydroxychloroquine with/without azithromycin treatment is not preferred in current clinical practice, it is still recommended in some local treatment algorithms of COVID-19. Total daily sorbitol amount over 20 g might cause diarrhea, therefore if liquid dosage form of any of medication is preferred, the amount of its sorbitol ingredient needs to be considered (2). [...]if clinicians are unaware of sorbitol related diarrhea, this might mislead their clinical judgment.1 None of these medications is confirmed for COVID-19 treatment yet, thus many countries published various treatment algorithms. [...]administration of these medications through FT should be the part of these possible treatment algorithms or guidelines.