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It sounds like the patients in the study were a bit far into the illness already. Maybe lots of damage is already done and they are just having to additionally
by jfoster 7y ago
It sounds like the patients in the study were a bit far into the illness already. Maybe lots of damage is already done and they are just having to additionally cope with the side-effects of the drug and not getting much of the benefit due to it having been started too late.
- KingOfCoders 7y agoInteresting points, did you read the study? Have they adressed those points?
- jfoster 7y agoI haven't read the full study, so I don't know whether those have been addressed, but judging from the summary, it may not have been a consideration. I've heard of a few other studies recently where this was completely overlooked; they pick patients who are the most severe and give them the drugs. Antiviral drugs won't reverse damage that's already done.