The Latest Research About Paxlovid: Effectiveness, Access, and Possible Long COVID Benefits

JAMA. 2024 Oct 1;332(13):1040-1042. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.16432.
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Plain language summary

This Medical News article discusses the latest research about the use of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir, sold as Paxlovid, to treat COVID-19 and, possibly, to prevent or treat long COVID.

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents* / therapeutic use
  • COVID-19 Drug Treatment* / methods
  • COVID-19 Drug Treatment* / statistics & numerical data
  • COVID-19* / diagnosis
  • COVID-19* / epidemiology
  • COVID-19* / prevention & control
  • Drug Combinations
  • Drug Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data
  • Health Inequities
  • Humans
  • Lactams / therapeutic use
  • Leucine / therapeutic use
  • Nitriles / therapeutic use
  • Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome* / drug therapy
  • Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome* / epidemiology
  • Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome* / prevention & control
  • Proline / therapeutic use
  • Ritonavir / therapeutic use
  • Severity of Illness Index

Substances

  • nirmatrelvir and ritonavir drug combination
  • Drug Combinations
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Lactams
  • Leucine
  • Nitriles
  • Proline
  • Ritonavir