The antiviral drug paxlobid can significantly reduce the symptoms of covid-19 and dramatically lower the risk of severe illness or death. However, many subjects are not using the drug, and some doctors remain hesitant to prescribe it.
a recent research The National Institutes of Health found that only about 15 percent of those studied took the drug. Experts aren’t sure why some people refuse to take paxlobid, but anecdotal evidence suggests patients are worried about side effects and the risk of coronavirus “rebound.”
peter chin hongInfectious disease experts at the University of California, San Francisco said that over time, people have become less afraid of contracting the coronavirus. “If you’re over 75 and your immune system is weakened, you often hear that nothing happened to many people,” Chin-Hong says. “You just get fooled by this feeling of complacency.”
We spoke to several experts about paxlobid, who should use it, its side effects, and the risk of coronavirus rebound. Here’s what they had to say:
