Pfizer COVID 19 FDA Authorized Pill "Paxlovid" Explained

Roger Seheult, MD of MedCram illustrates how the Pfizer coronavirus pill called Paxlovid works, its efficacy, and its side effects. See all Dr. Seheult's videos at: https://www.medcram.com/?utm_source=Youtube&utm_medium=Video&utm_campaign=Video+Link+Clicks&utm_term=Pfizer+COVID+19+FDA+Authorized+Pill+%22Paxlovid%22+Explained&utm_content=GMMTw0MAT-8

Clinical trial data for Paxlovid show that if taken within 3 days of symptom onset, hospitalizations and death were reduced by 89% compared to placebo.

(This is Update 144 in The MedCram Coronavirus video series. It was recorded on December 29, 2021)

Roger Seheult, MD is the co-founder and lead professor at https://www.medcram.com/?utm_source=Youtube&utm_medium=Video&utm_campaign=Video+Link+Clicks&utm_term=Pfizer+COVID+19+FDA+Authorized+Pill+%22Paxlovid%22+Explained&utm_content=GMMTw0MAT-8

He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.


LINKS / REFERENCES:

Pfizer Announces Additional Phase 2/3 Study Results (Pfizer) | https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-announces-additional-phase-23-study-results

Pfizer’s Novel COVID-19 Oral Antiviral Treatment Candidate (Pfizer) | https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizers-novel-covid-19-oral-antiviral-treatment-candidate

How Pfizer's New Drug Fights COVID [PAXLOVID] (Simplifying Synthesis) | https://youtu.be/HHzaiAwJpfQ

The SARS-CoV-2 main protease as drug target (PMC) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7331567/

Covid-19: Pfizer’s antiviral Paxlovid effective against severe disease and Omicron variant (Pharmaceutical Technology) | https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/special-focus/covid-19/pfizer-paxlovid-effective-severe-covid-19-omicron-variant/



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