Re:Debugging the Doctor Brain: Who's teaching doctors how to...
by gavinray on Saturday April 20, 2024 @10:12AM
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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 medication online from other countries without trying to convince some doctor willing to listen to prescribe it.
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Re:Debugging the Doctor Brain: Who's teaching doctors how to...
by thenerdhead on Saturday April 20, 2024 @10:16AM
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People 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.
Re:Debugging the Doctor Brain: Who's teaching doctors how to...
by bingbingbing777 on Saturday April 20, 2024 @11:49AM
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Not sure why you would be taking Paxlovid for long covid.
Re:Debugging the Doctor Brain: Who's teaching doctors how to...
by thenerdhead on Saturday April 20, 2024 @12:04PM
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There 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.