COVID-19 | All you need to know about Paxlovid, the Pfizer drug prescribed to US President Joe Biden
Kairi brown
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COVID-19 | All you need to know about Paxlovid, the Pfizer drug prescribed to US President Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden (File: Reuters)
Paxlovid is an antivirus therapy at home developed by the PFizer American pharmaceutical company, which is approved based on the use of emergency by the administration of the US Food and Medicines (USFDA) for those aged 12 years and over with a higher risk for severe diseases of Covid-19 on December 2021.
US President Joe Biden was tested positive on July 21. He experiences mild symptoms and will continue to work, said the White House.
According to a report by ABC News, clinical test data shows that Paxlovid drugs reduce the risk of hospitalization and death for patients at high risk with mild to moderate symptoms of almost 90 percent.
High -risk patients are people who are older than 60 years and patients with underlying medical conditions.
Paxlovid is praised as a game changer because it is the first Covid-19 treatment that does not require an IV, so it makes it more comfortable to give to patients.
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This treatment consists of two drugs: ritonavir, usually used to treat HIV and AIDS, which helps increase the level of other antivirus drugs, and nyrmatrelvir, antivirus drugs that work to inhibit the enzymes used by viruses to make copies of themselves.
Together, both of these drugs work to prevent the spread of viruses throughout the body.
Patients should take three pills – two non -mirmatrelvir pills and one ritonavir pill twice a day for five days. It requires a doctor’s prescription.
According to another report by The Times of India, the White House doctor Kevin O’Connor said in the record made by the public that Biden had begun to take the treatment of antivirus paxlovid.
Usfda said that Paxlovid could be prescribed by the pharmacist.
Paxlovid is provided free of charge by the US government, said a report by Fox Business with input from Reuters.
Reportedly, the five -day Paxlovid course worth $ 530, and those who reported the results of positive home tests from fast antigen diagnostic tests or positive PCR tests to their providers meet the requirements for pills.
Patients who are positively tested can also be prescribed paxlovid in the pharmacy. Patients must bring health records for pharmacists to review kidney and liver problems.
