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Singapore approves Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill for COVID-19 treatment in adult patients 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapor...oh-2477141
Why coin such a difficult to pronounce name like Paxlovid?

Can't simply call it covido or covidem? Easier to say right?
One day 6 pills for 5 days: Twice of 3 pills per day.
One course: 30 pills cost $530 per patient.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspect...rgency-use
(03-02-2022, 05:44 PM)Bigiron Wrote: [ -> ]Singapore approves Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill for COVID-19 treatment in adult patients 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapor...oh-2477141

Is it available in Singapore..? and how much per tablet........?
(03-02-2022, 05:49 PM)theold Wrote: [ -> ]One day 6 pills for 5 days: Twice of 3 pills per day.
One course: 30 pills cost $530 per patient.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspect...rgency-use

Pay $530 for 30 pills.  

I would rather pay $9 for Lianhua Qingwen Jiaonang. After double blind, pay so much?  

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$530 is USD. Read that some gave up (halfway) in Israel.
to me i avoid even panadol at all cost. what is this sai paxlovid?
So Singaporean going to be guinea pig again.
(03-02-2022, 05:56 PM)webinarian Wrote: [ -> ]Pay $530 for 30 pills.  

I would rather pay $9 for Lianhua Qingwen Jiaonang. After double blind, pay so much?  

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It sure is expensive, to those who fall between the cracks..... crying
More than that.

The regimen includes two tablets of nirmatrelvir, and one tablet of ritonavir, an HIV medicine. Paxlovid is not authorized for use for longer than 5 consecutive days. The drug is not meant to be taken prophylactically.

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When you are sick, anything also takes.