Faced with the ninth wave of Covid-19, the government has high hopes for Paxlovid. This antivirus is “a extremely effective treatmentagainst Covid-19, said Brigitte Outran, chair of the Committee on Health Risk Monitoring and Prediction (Covars, a new “scientific adviceBy Health Minister François Browne during a press conference on the triple pandemic this Friday, December 9. Produced by Pfizer, this pill, which has been distributed in France since January 2022, aims to reduce severe forms of Covid-19.
During this press conference, the minister announced that doctors will be able to prescribe this drug from now on.conditional orders“This Saturday, from December 10. What is it and who can benefit from it? Le Figaro to mention the point.
Preventive prescription
“Prescriptions can be filled by attending physicians on a preventive basis for a period of three months.“, Francois Brown revealed. This event has a purposefacilitate rapid administration of the drug” by people “Most fragile if they are infected with a virus.” The Minister of Health also announced “telephone support service“for healthcare professionals”who have questions about the indications for this Paxlovid“.
Specifically, theseconditional ordersallow doctors to prescribe Paxlovid before a regular medical visit. You no longer need a prescription to confirm a positive test for Covid-19. The latter should be presented to the pharmacist only if the patient is infected with the virus and within five days after the first symptoms.
This antiviral pill is taken as soon as symptoms of Covid-19 appear and aims to reduce the risk of serious forms of the disease. The new sub version of Omicron BQ.1.1 is “completely sensitive to this drugBrigitte Autran recalled, recommending it.people who react poorly to the vaccine because of their immunodeficiency“.
This medicine is mainly intended for two categories of risk group. On the one hand, adult patients who are immunocompromised or present with severe high-risk pathology, regardless of age or vaccination status (cancers undergoing treatment, multiple pathologies, etc.). On the other hand, in patients over 65 who are at risk of developing serious forms (diabetes, obesity, heart failure, respiratory failure), especially if they are not vaccinated.
The pill is prescribed too little
Nevertheless, “This drug may have contraindicationsBridget Otran said. Before prescribing and dispensing the drug, the doctor and pharmacist must ensure that the patientPaxlovide has no foreseeable risk of developing contraindications“, as stated in the decree of December 9.
The purpose of this new measure is to speed up the use of Paxlovid. The drug, which is designed to reduce the number of hospitalizations, is still in short supply while France is hit by an unprecedented triple pandemic of flu, bronchiolitis and Covid-19. Between February and October 2022, 54,200 people were prescribed the pill, according to the latest data from the Epi-Phare Health Product Epidemiology Public Examination.
Source: Le Figaro
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