President Biden has begun taking a course of Paxlovid, after testing positive for COVID-19 today:
Pfizer's Paxlovid pills are seen on display. The medicine received an emergency use authorization for COVID-19 last December.
President Biden has begun taking a course of Paxlovid, after testing positive for COVID-19. The antiviral medicine is recommended for early treatment by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Paxlovid, which combines two different antiviral drugs, has been found to be highly effective at reducing the risks of hospitalization and death for COVID-19 patients with mild or moderate symptoms. It's linked to a quicker recovery and a return to good health. But in some cases, patients report a"Paxlovid rebound" in which the disease returns.
Early symptoms for Biden, 79, included"an occasional dry cough," along with a runny nose and fatigue, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, the president's physician,Paxlovid has been hailed as an important tool to prevent COVID-19's worst effects, and for many people, the main challenge has been getting their hands on the medicine. But it's also been linked to a resurgent COVID-19 infection after the course of pills is finished, known as the"Paxlovid rebound.
Some people who've taken the medicine say that it quickly eased their symptoms — but that they again tested positive and COVID-19 symptoms returned, anytime from two to eight days after their initial recovery,
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