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Paxlovid Cuts Covid Death Risk. But Those Who Need It Are Not Taking It. (www.nytimes.com)

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A study of a million high-risk people with Covid found that only about 15 percent who were eligible for the drug took it. If instead half of the eligible patients in the United States had gotten Paxlovid during the time period of the research, 48,000 deaths could have been prevented, the authors of the study, conducted by the National Institutes of Health, concluded.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's also a miserable drug to take. Better than being dead but man... It makes your mouth taste like you're sucking on pennies for days on end and the chills and aches and the shits.. by God the shits....

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I've seen Paxlovid take somebody from having a fever so high they were hallucinating to tired-but-ok within a few hours. The side effects are unpleasant, but for somebody who is seriously ill, they're a lot better than the disease.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I agree, the side effects are better than the disease but man. It can be rough.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I second this, I had to dial myself back because I knew I wasn't as well as I felt on paxlovid.