Often referred to as a "rebound" or "relapse" of COVID-19 after taking the standard five days ofPaxlovid pills, experts say key questions need to be answered around why it happens, who is being affected, and how doctors should handle the cases. ...
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"During the initial study on Paxlovid, they found a small percentage of people in both the group taking Paxlovid and the group taking the placebo had a positive COVID-19 test a few days later. So, it's hard to say that this rebound is purely because of the drug," Shankaran says. H...
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The other newly approved agent is a combination of two drugs—nirmatrelvir and ritonavir—called Paxlovid. Nirmatrelvir blocks the action of an enzyme the virus uses to replicatewhileritonavir (which is also used in an HIV drug) boosts the levels of nirmatrelvir to maintain its effectiveness....