Hundreds are still dying from Covid every day. Why is Paxlovid sitting on shelves?
Paxlovid works by preventing the virus from replicating inside human cells before people get severely ill. It needs to bePeople, especially immunocompromised people who may not mount strong immune responses from the Covid vaccines, have few other treatment options; the omicron subvariant has rendered all but one U.S.-authorized monoclonal antibody drug ineffective.
Bagdasarian said some doctors may hesitate to prescribe Paxlovid because it's a relatively new medication and they may not feel comfortable offering it to patients.; the Food and Drug Administration doesn't recommend Paxlovid for people with severe kidney or liver disease. "What do you do with someone with, like, mild asthma who’s maybe a little heavier than they need to be?" he asked."You might want to give them the drug," but they don't qualify."I think part of the challenge is so early on there was such little supply, and getting ahold of it was a real challenge," he said."But the folks caring for patients who are at high risk may not know it is so much easier to get now.
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