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Re:Debugging the Doctor Brain: Who's teaching doctors how to... by thenerdhead on Saturday April 20, 2024 @10:16AM (#40097499)
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.

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Re:Debugging the Doctor Brain: Who's teaching doctors how to... by bingbingbing777 on Saturday April 20, 2024 @11:49AM (#40098249)
Not sure why you would be taking Paxlovid for long covid.
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Re:Debugging the Doctor Brain: Who's teaching doctors how to... by thenerdhead on Saturday April 20, 2024 @12:04PM (#40098337)
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.

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