treatment and management of covid 19
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FDA Authorizes the First Pill Meant to Prevent Severe Covid-19
On Wednesday afternoon, the Food and Drug authorised the first antiviral pill for treating covid-19: the Pfizer-developed treatment Paxlovid. In clinical trials, Paxlovid was found to reduce the likelihood of severe illness from covid-19 among high-risk patients soon after infection by nearly 90%.
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Hospital Can’t Be Forced to Treat Covid-19 Patient With Ivermectin, Ohio Judge Rules
An Ohio judge’s decision last month to require a hospital to give a seriously ill man an unproven treatment for covid-19 has been set aside for the time being. Over Labour Day weekend, a second judge declined to maintain the temporary injunction that compelled the doctors to treat the patient with the drug ivermectin according…
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Repurposed Arthritis Drug Lifesaving for Severe Covid-19, UK Trial Finds
Lifesaving treatments for people with severe covid-19 are still in short supply, but new results from a large ongoing trial in the UK have found that an existing arthritis drug called tocilizumab can noticeably lower hospitalised patients’ risk of dying, especially when combined with steroid treatment.