32 minutes agoWhat drug is being treated after being infected with COVID-19?
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(4 years ago)Two days ago, the White House confirmed that American President Joe Biden was infected with COVID-19. Shortly after its positive results, doctors gave the president treatment with an antiviral drug called Paxlovid, writes CNN. Paxlovid is thought to be one of the best medications to protect people at high risk of [...] disease.
Shortly after its positive results, doctors gave the president treatment with an antiviral drug called Paxlovid, writes CNN.
Paxlovid is thought to be one of the best drugs to protect people at high risk for serious diseases.
For this reason, Beden's treatment of the coronary must look very different from that of President Donald Trump, who was in hospital for several days in October 2020.
Paxlovid is a pill-shaped antiviral drug produced by Pfizer, combined with nirmatrevir and ritonavir.
The U.S. Food and Bars Administration (cdc) has authorized Paxlov for emergency use among people over 12 who weigh at least 80 pounds [88 kg], with mild symptoms up to the average of COVID, but who are at high risk for serious diseases.
The paxlovid kronavirus, blocking an enzyme that helps the virus reproduce inside the body.
As with all antivirals, treatment is thought to function better if people start to pick it up within five days of showing symptoms. /Euronews. al
