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Oral Antiviral Stops SARS-CoV-2 in its Tracks – Medscape
Could a Tamiflu-like oral pill to control SARS-CoV-2 stop COVID-19 before it gets severe?
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A single pill of the investigational drug molnupiravir taken twice a day for 5 days eliminated SARS-CoV-2 from the nasopharynx of 49 participants.
That led Carlos del Rio, MD, distinguished professor of medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, to suggest a future in which a drug like molnupiravir could be taken in the first few days of symptoms to prevent severe disease, similar to Tamiflu…
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