Experts are still encouraging people to take the drug if prescribed.
According to the Michigan Health Department, those who are moderately and severely immunocompromised are eligible for Paxlovid.last month during an extended stay in California, she was prescribed Paxlovid, the highly touted antiviral drug created by Pfizer.
Martin resumed her normal activities, but a week later, she began to feel ill again. When her symptoms worsened, she tested again. In additional analysis of the Paxlovid clinical trial data, the Food and Drug Administration reported that most patients “did not have symptoms at the time of a positive PCR test after testing negative, and, most importantly, there was no increased occurrence of hospitalization or death or development of drug resistance.”
Some individuals claimed on Twitter that after their initial symptoms dissipated, leading to a negative test, they are once again testing positive.“We're seeing people get better on Paxlovid,” Dr. Shira Doron, an infectious disease physician and hospital epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center, told ABC News. “But then, when they stop at the end of five days, we're hearing stories of symptoms coming back and even, tests becoming either more positive, i.e.
Representatives from the FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health, told ABC News that teams of scientists are investigating the surprising relapse reports, and they will provide further recommendations, if appropriate.
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