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FDA approves first COVID-19 drug: antiviral remdesivir

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https://apnews.com/article/fda-approves-remdesivir-covid-19-e03b6e713ad5e7b7ad74f23001a94f63</div>

U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the first drug to treat COVID-19: remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given to hospitalized patients through an IV.

The drug, which California-based Gilead Sciences Inc. is calling Veklury, cut the time to recovery by five days — from 15 days to 10 on average — in a large study led by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

It had been authorized for use on an emergency basis since spring, and now becomes the first drug to win full Food and Drug Administration approval for treating COVID-19. President Donald Trump received it when he was sickened earlier this month.
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This is the first anti-viral drug to be developed & approved by the FDA. It inhibits the viral enzyme RNA dependent-RNA polymerase, which is the enzyme responsible for making copies of the infecting virus' RNA genome.
 
Doesn't help the deaths, according to the study. Not much of a wonder drug.
 
Let's not miss the point of the absolute efficacy of this drug. Like the initial HIV drugs, it will be part of a therapeutic cocktail, as it was for Trump. And as part of a therapeutic plan, it will help produce effectual results.
 
Chomsky said:
Let's not miss the point of the absolute efficacy of this drug. Like the initial HIV drugs, it will be part of a therapeutic cocktail, as it was for Trump. And as part of a therapeutic plan, it will help produce effectual results.
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Remdesivir is an anti-viral drug. Pharma companies are working on new anti-viral drugs that can be taken in pill form. Remdesivir has to be given in a hospital or clinic by IV infusion: big bottleneck.
 
JacksinPA said:
Remdesivir is an anti-viral drug. Pharma companies are working on new anti-viral drugs that can be taken in pill form. Remdesivir has to be given in a hospital or clinic by IV infusion: big bottleneck.
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Why? If you're not in the hospital, do you need a drug that reduces your hospital stay?
 
Why do people act like something is useless if it isn't 100% effective?

The faster the recovery, the better. There is less time for things to go south.
 
Metric Mouse said:
Yes, but IV medication in a hospital setting is not a "big bottle neck" as you stated.
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Yes it is. It requires a chair or bed & time to administer the IV. It's not like getting a shot or getting an injection. And it ties up a nurse & someone to logyou in & out.
 
JacksinPA said:
Yes it is. It requires a chair or bed & time to administer the IV. It's not like getting a shot or getting an injection. And it ties up a nurse & someone to logyou in & out.
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Starting an IV for someone who is going to be in the hospital for over a week isn't that big of a deal. Sure it's slightly more time consuming than a shot, but they'll be there for 10+ days. Not exactly the end of the world.
 
Metric Mouse said:
Starting an IV for someone who is going to be in the hospital for over a week isn't that big of a deal. Sure it's slightly more time consuming than a shot, but they'll be there for 10+ days. Not exactly the end of the world.
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But if you're going to be giving this drug to millions of people, it will be a bottleneck.

This drug is also very expensive, as are the antibody cocktails given to Trump. His promise that everyone is going to get it for free is hogwash as it would cost trillions of dollars. All this deficit spending byjust printing more money is going to devalue our currency.
 
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JacksinPA said:
https://apnews.com/article/fda-approves-remdesivir-covid-19-e03b6e713ad5e7b7ad74f23001a94f63</div>

U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the first drug to treat COVID-19: remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given to hospitalized patients through an IV.

The drug, which California-based Gilead Sciences Inc. is calling Veklury, cut the time to recovery by five days — from 15 days to 10 on average — in a large study led by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

It had been authorized for use on an emergency basis since spring, and now becomes the first drug to win full Food and Drug Administration approval for treating COVID-19. President Donald Trump received it when he was sickened earlier this month.
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This is the first anti-viral drug to be developed & approved by the FDA. It inhibits the viral enzyme RNA dependent-RNA polymerase, which is the enzyme responsible for making copies of the infecting virus' RNA genome.
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More winning!
 
JacksinPA said:
But if you're going to be giving this drug to millions of people, it will be a bottleneck.

This drug is also very expensive, as are the antibody cocktails given to Trump. His promise that everyone is going to get it for free is hogwash as it would cost trillions of dollars.
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Trillions?


Link?
 
Metric Mouse said:
Yes, but IV medication in a hospital setting is not a "big bottle neck" as you stated.
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How about this, a real bottle neck:
Remdesivir was administered intravenously as a 200-mg loading dose on day 1, followed by a 100-mg maintenance dose administered daily on days 2 through 10 or until hospital discharge or death.

How's up to 10 days occupying a hospitalbed?
 
JacksinPA said:
How about this, a real bottle neck:
Remdesivir was administered intravenously as a 200-mg loading dose on day 1, followed by a 100-mg maintenance dose administered daily on days 2 through 10 or until hospital discharge or death.

How's up to 10 days occupying a hospitalbed?
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Yeah, Covid causes people to go into the hospital. How is that the fault of a drug? Changing out IV bags once a day by a nurse isn't that big of a deal. They do it a dozen times a shift. IV medication in a hospital setting is not a bottle neck.
 
Metric Mouse said:
Yeah, Covid causes people to go into the hospital. How is that the fault of a drug? Changing out IV bags once a day by a nurse isn't that big of a deal. They do it a dozen times a shift. IV medication in a hospital setting is not a bottle neck.
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It is a bottleneck if you are trying to treat hundreds of thousands of patients in overcrowded hospitals.
 
This is an example of the medical community slowly catching up. We should have given them more time by being safer.
 
Mr Person said:
Why do people act like something is useless if it isn't 100% effective?

The faster the recovery, the better. There is less time for things to go south.
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Agreed. Chemo drugs for cancer patients don’t work on everyone, but it would be irresponsible to discount them as a treatment. The key thing is to give the body enough support to be able to fight off the virus.
 
JacksinPA said:
It is a bottleneck if you are trying to treat hundreds of thousands of patients in overcrowded hospitals.
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Happens every day. Imagine the bottle neck of changing sheets on all those beds! Or how many pulse oxs will be needed!

Get real.
 
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