Spartan Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the first drug to treat COVID-19: remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given to hospitalized patients through an IV. The drug, which California-based Gilead Sciences Inc. is calling Veklury, cut the time to recovery by five days — from 15 days to 10 on average — in a large study led by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. It had been authorized for use on an emergency basis since spring, and now becomes the first drug to win full Food and Drug Administration approval for treating COVID-19. President Donald Trump received it when he was sickened earlier this month. Veklury is approved for people at least 12 years old and weighing at least 88 pounds (40 kilograms) who are hospitalized for a coronavirus infection. For patients younger than 12, the FDA will still allow the drug’s use in certain cases under its previous emergency authorization. The drug works by inhibiting a substance the virus uses to make copies of itself. Certain kidney and liver tests are required before starting patients on it to ensure it’s safe for them and to monitor for any possible side effects. And the label warns against using it with the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, because that can curb its effectiveness. “We now have enough knowledge and a growing set of tools to help fight COVID-19,” Gilead’s chief medical officer, Dr. Merdad Parsey, said in a statement. The drug is either approved or has temporary authorization in about 50 countries, he noted. Its price has been controversial, given that no studies have found it improves survival. Last week, a large study led by the World Health Organization found the drug did not help hospitalized COVID-19 patients, but that study did not include a placebo group and was less rigorous than previous ones that found a benefit. The FDA’s approval statement noted that, besides the NIH-led one, two other studies found the drug beneficial. Gilead charges $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by government health programs in the United States and other developed countries, and $3,120 for patients with private insurance. The amount that patients pay out of pocket depends on insurance, income and other factors. So far, only steroids such as dexamethasone have been shown to cut the risk of dying of COVID-19. The FDA also has given emergency authorization to using the blood of survivors, and two companies are currently seeking similar authorization for experimental antibody drugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jombo0108 Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 18 minutes ago, Spartan said: Trump will be like.... tiyyandra bandlu...guddandi votelu Your welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LadiesTailor Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 I don’t understand why this stupid FDA took so long to approve this medicine....rest of the world started long back and survived... sh1theads for a reason 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan Posted October 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, LadiesTailor said: I don’t understand why this stupid FDA took so long to approve this medicine....rest of the world started long back and survived... sh1theads for a reason side effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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uyghur12 Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 8 minutes ago, Sucker said: Ippudu ide vaccine antara ? Ante Thatha cheppinattu free na ?? 1200 stimulus ke kottuku sasturru drug free ante Not my comments thatha twityer la reply vadu teeskuna cocktail is against christian values adi etla nammaru tatha hardcore paans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chingchang Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 This has lot of side affects .. sugar levels will spike up ... but this helped a lot for lot of people 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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