12/22/2021

The FDA has authorized the at home pill, Paxlovid, to treat the coronavirus. This pill it to be taken before symptoms become severe and require a trip the emergency room.

“Today’s authorization of PAXLOVID represents another tremendous example of how science will help us ultimately defeat this pandemic, which, even two years in, continues to disrupt and devastate lives across the world. This breakthrough therapy, which has been shown to significantly reduce hospitalizations and deaths and can be taken at home, will change the way we treat COVID-19, and hopefully help reduce some of the significant pressures facing our healthcare and hospital systems,” Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla said in a statement. “Pfizer stands ready to begin delivery in the U.S. immediately to help get PAXLOVID into the hands of appropriate patients as quickly as possible.”

Source: CNN

Individuals ages 12 or older with a positive COVID test are eligible for a prescription from a doctor and must be taken within 5 days of initial symptoms.