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Hypothetically, if one had good reason to believe a certain medication/treatment would work, and has some degree of risk-tolerance, they could acquire said medi
by gavinray 3y ago
Hypothetically, if one had good reason to believe a certain medication/treatment would work, and has some degree of risk-tolerance, they could acquire said medication online from other countries without trying to convince some doctor willing to listen to prescribe it.
- thenerdhead 3y agoPeople have and have been successful. Especially repurposing HIV/AIDS drugs and ordering Paxlovid from India. Mostly due to USA prices being ridiculously high and insurance companies refusing to prescribe more than a 5 day dose. The other major challenge is that certain approved drugs in other countries can be held by shipping due to FDA approval.
- bingbingbing777 3y agoNot sure why you would be taking Paxlovid for long covid.
- thenerdhead 3y agoThere is rationale in the science article I posted above. The current hypothesis is viral reservoirs that are replication competent. Here is the blurb as well: > Paxlovid targets virus that is rapidly replicating—which may or may not be the case for the virus lingering in Long Covid cases.