Evidence suggests that vaccinated, low-risk individuals won't benefit from Pfizer's COVID-19 pill Paxlovid, new study shows.
Some infectious disease experts interviewed by ABC News said the new study could influence the way doctors prescribe the drug, potentially declining to prescribe it to vaccinated, otherwise healthy patients.are living with a chronic disease that qualifies them for the drug under its current authorization.
"Paxlovid is something that is targeted towards high-risk individuals, so the fact that it doesn't have a benefit to low-risk individuals isn't surprising to me," Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease specialist at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security, told ABC News. President Joe Biden, left, standing with White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha, right, speaks about the newly approved COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5, June 21, 2022, at the White House.that the drug is recommended for treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 among people at high risk for severe disease.
"At this stage, the current recommendation under the EUA is for Paxlovid to be given to any high-risk patient who has symptomatic COVID, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated, as long as it is within five days of the onset of symptoms," Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of medicine and director of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, told ABC News.
"If you're older, particularly over age 65, if you have underlying illnesses, if you're immunocompromised, those groups I think will continue to be targeted for Paxlovid," Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told ABC News.
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