Covid-19 treatment Paxlovid can interact with common heart medications, doctors warn

cnn ^ | 10/12/2022 | jacquelaine howard

[bitt]

Covid-19 patients with a history of cardiovascular disease are at an increased risk of developing severe illness and could benefit most from the Covid-19 treatment Paxlovid – but there’s a catch.

Paxlovid can have dangerous interactions with some of the most common medications for cardiovascular disease, including certain statins and heart failure therapies, a new paper warns.

The review paper, published Wednesday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, lists dozens of cardiovascular medications and whether they are safe to give along with Paxlovid or whether they could have interactions.

Some medications such as aspirin are safe to take with Paxlovid, according to the paper, but other drugs could have interactions, and therefore, their dosage should be adjusted or temporarily discontinued while a patient is taking Paxlovid.

When President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 and started Paxlovid in July, his physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor temporarily took him off Crestor and Eliquis, two heart medications that the President takes for his pre-existing conditions. Doctors say there is no short-term risk to stopping these drugs.

The review paper says that interactions between Paxlovid and certain blood thinners can cause an increased risk of bleeding. Interactions between Paxlovid and some cholesterol medications such as statins can be toxic to the liver, and interactions between Paxlovid and certain blood pressure medications could cause low blood pressure, flushing and swelling.

[Caipirabob]

Our Doctor gave it to me when we had COVID around April. They also gave a very stern warning about it. Scary stuff! We didn't touch it after that.

We didn't vax. We didn't even take OTC medicine, not even a tylenol. We did the Zelenko Protocol the whole time. Almost 3 years now consistently.

I worked most of the time from home. Wife had fatigue and it wore off by day 11. She lost 10 lbs though and looks amazing.

Anecdotally we went to a wedding recently. 50-60 guests. Everyone caught COVID. Except us, we had some slight congestion but were fine. Some of the elderly became very ill and some of the kids in their 20's got respiratory symptoms. We were fine.

"You'll put your kidney out, kid!"

[wgmalabama]

I am sure they found all these interactions with their clinical trials. Same with the vaccines. Very detailed 6 month clinical trials.