tecatero
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PAXLOVID. ,,,,,can it be purchased in Mexico
Just curious if anyone has bought or seen PAXLOVID in farmacias. It’s the COVID antiviral pill. My buddy took it day 2 of COVID and he was better in
a few days, guess it works well
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Bob and Susan
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actually the covid here lasts 3 days and is just a bad flu...
they give cough medicine and asprin....thats it
i asked locally if they could get paxlovid too and no way
like the vaccine i wonder if it EVEN works
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SFandH
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Quote: Originally posted by tecatero | Just curious if anyone has bought or seen PAXLOVID in farmacias. It’s the COVID antiviral pill. My buddy took it day 2 of COVID and he was better in
a few days, guess it works well |
I'm interested too so I googled a bit. The use of Paxlovid has been approved in Mexico but I don't think any is available.
Approval article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-approves-emerg...
This is about availability, from March:
https://healthpolicy-watch.news/pfizers-paxlovid-goes-generi...
I couldn't find any farmacias selling it.
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gnukid
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In Mexico every successful COVID vitamin and drug is available to anyone, including vitamin b,c,d,magensium, potassium, zinc, ivermectin, quercetin,
all at low cost?
Do your research
Read the FDA Paxlovid Fact Sheet
https://www.fda.gov/media/155050/download
Paxlovid loses luster in people who aren't at high risk from Covid-19, Pfizer study finds
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/15/health/paxlovid-average-r...
COVID-19 rebound after Paxlovid and Molnupiravir during January-June 2022
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.06.21.22276724v...
Pfizer’s New Drug Paxlovid
https://noqreport.com/2021/12/29/beware-pfizers-new-drug-pax...
Pfizer’s Antiviral Drug Paxlovid Causes Life-Threatening Reactions When Taken With Common Medicines
https://stillnessinthestorm.com/2022/01/admits-pfizers-antiv...
The Drug That Makes Paxlovid So Effective Can Also Make It Dangerous
https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/02/18/drug-makes-paxlovid-so-...
The Dark History Of Pfizer’s Paxlovid & What You Need To Know About Its Dangers
https://www.citizensjournal.us/the-dark-history-of-pfizers-p...
Effectiveness of Paxlovid in Reducing Severe COVID-19 and Mortality in High Risk Patients
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35653428/
[Edited on 7-28-2022 by gnukid]
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Alm
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Thanks. Interesting that indications are different from the US where it's "high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or
death".
Mexico basically made everybody eligible - "adults with light or moderate risk of complications". Kind of odd, given availability problems. Though,
with lack of control, prescriptions written in a pharmacy back room by a doctor who has never seen you before - why not giving it to anybody who
wants...
Another question is price. In the US full course costs $530, usually covered. In Mexico it would be at least $200. Don't know how "free" national
healthcare is going to cover it - and it might not cover tourists. By the time generic versions start coming at a lower cost, Covid variants could
make it less effective. They did, with vaccines and preventive drug Evusheld.
[Edited on 7-29-2022 by Alm]
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gnukid
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Biden tests positive for COVID-19 again, returns to isolation
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/biden-tests-positive-for-...
"President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Saturday, slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation,
the White House said, in a rare case of “rebound” following treatment with an anti-viral drug."
Biden tests positive for Covid again, has Paxlovid rebound and no symptoms, doctor says
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-tests-posit...
"Biden, who is fully vaccinated and twice boosted, tested positive for Covid on July 21 during a routine test, and was treated with the antiviral
Paxlovid."
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Talked to a friend yesterday that had it 2-3 weeks ago. He said he immediately felt a lot better after a dose of Paxlovid.
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