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Pfizer pill becomes 1st home COVID treatment authorized by U.S.
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Posted on 12/22/2021 10:09:53 AM PST by Tipllub

U.S. health regulators on Wednesday authorized the first pill against COVID-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans will be able to take at home to head off the worst effects of the virus.

The long-awaited milestone comes as U.S. cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all rising and health officials warn of a tsunami of new infections from the omicron variant that could overwhelm hospitals.

The drug, Paxlovid, is a faster, cheaper way to treat early COVID-19 infections, though initial supplies will be extremely limited. All of the previously authorized drugs against the disease require an IV or an injection.

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The U.S. will pay about $500 for each course of Pfizer’s treatment, which consists of three pills taken twice a day for five days. Two of the pills are Paxlovid and the third is a different antiviral that helps boost levels of the main drug in the body.

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1 posted on 12/22/2021 10:09:53 AM PST by Tipllub
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And it works on Flatworms as well just like most other protease inhibitors....like Ivermectin which won a Nobel Prize.


2 posted on 12/22/2021 10:14:19 AM PST by Michigan Bowhunter
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To: Tipllub

500 per treatment vs 5 for Ivermectin.


3 posted on 12/22/2021 10:16:09 AM PST by AU72
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To: Michigan Bowhunter

Can we fill out our own vacine card now


4 posted on 12/22/2021 10:16:18 AM PST by Donnafrflorida (Thru Him all things are possible.)
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To: Tipllub

Pfizer pill is based on IVERMECTIN, IIRC.


5 posted on 12/22/2021 10:16:25 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Tipllub

They jokingly call it Pfizermectin, and it works by the same mechanism as Ivermectin, a 3CL protease inhibitor


6 posted on 12/22/2021 10:17:48 AM PST by devere
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To: Tipllub

“The treatment disrupts the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in the body by binding to the 3CL-like protease, an enzyme crucial to the virus’ function and reproduction.’

https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/features/paxlovid-pfizer-covid-19-pill/

Hmm. A protease inhibitor. Sounds familiar. Something, something, begins with “I” ends with “n”.


7 posted on 12/22/2021 10:21:13 AM PST by Flick Lives
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To: Tipllub

So what do I do with all this 🐎 paste ?


8 posted on 12/22/2021 10:21:14 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: Tipllub

Now you can pop it like a daily vitamin for 24 hour fake coverage 🤪


9 posted on 12/22/2021 10:45:03 AM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Tipllub

Bookmark


10 posted on 12/22/2021 10:49:38 AM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: devere

>>>They jokingly call it Pfizermectin, and it works by the same mechanism as Ivermectin, a 3CL protease inhibitor<<<

From the article: “Paxlovid has only proven effective if given within five days of symptoms appearing.”

Hmm.


11 posted on 12/22/2021 10:50:42 AM PST by CatHerd (And we are are on earth a little space, That we may learn to bear the beams of love - William Blake)
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To: Tipllub

Ivermectin repackaged BANK ON IT!!!


12 posted on 12/22/2021 10:51:04 AM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: AU72

Total treatment with this $5000.00 If you add it up. And this has not gone through a real testing process which would take 10 years.


13 posted on 12/22/2021 10:52:16 AM PST by Revel
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To: Tipllub

I wonder what has been slipped into this pill that we don’t know about.


14 posted on 12/22/2021 10:53:20 AM PST by Revel
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To: Tipllub

What a joke.

So much crap!


15 posted on 12/22/2021 10:53:31 AM PST by Delta 21 (Quarantine the sick. Protect the vulnerable. Hang the guilty. Free everyone else.)
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To: Tipllub

They’ve had this drug on the shelf since 2004 and could have trialed it in 2020. Quite the missed opportunity.


16 posted on 12/22/2021 10:58:04 AM PST by ETCM
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To: Tipllub

Pfizermectin.

Just like ivermectin, but costly.


17 posted on 12/22/2021 11:04:37 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Revel

I like you Revel, but you are such a pessimist about everything I’m surprised you are still alive.


18 posted on 12/22/2021 11:08:20 AM PST by SaxxonWoods
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To: Michigan Bowhunter

IverPfizer.


19 posted on 12/22/2021 11:09:12 AM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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To: Tipllub

KA-CHING!!!


20 posted on 12/22/2021 11:12:31 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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