As we all know, Pfizer in the United States has launched a capsule drug for oral use, which is said to be a new crown drug that can treat new crown pneumonia. So, is this drug really as good as Pfizer says? Let's summarize the online evaluation of this drug.
Covid-19 oral medication
According to online statements, the new crown drug launched by Pfizer is not a specific drug, and only the Chinese Internet will exaggerate this simple oral capsule as a special drug.
Specific drugs only appear on the Internet in China, and other countries are illegal
In addition, after a closer look, even the official did not say that it was a special drug. It feels strange.
The title is deliberately and greatly written with a special drug
In fact, there is not a word in the whole text that Pfizer oral medicine is a specific drug, including the member of the authoritative clinical expert group of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council, and Director Zhong Ming, a member of the Shanghai Rescue and Treatment Expert Group, did not say in the interview that this is a special drug.
In the interview, there is not a word describing Pfizer oral capsules as a special drug
Therefore, we can see that the domestic propaganda is the United States Pfizer new crown special drug, but no one overseas thinks that it is a special drug, but it is said that the special drug will be convicted, which makes people feel strange, why should the domestic Pfizer oral capsules be so exaggerated as a special drug?
Next, let's look at the efficacy of this drug.
On 22 April, WHO issued an official statement strongly recommending the use of Pfizer's oral drug Paxlobid for high-risk populations. And said that this is by far the most effective drug to treat the new crown.
WHO analysis of two Clinical Trials of Paxlovid in nearly 3100 patients showed that the drug reduced the risk of hospitalization by 85%.
It seems that WHO highly recommends this, and then look at Pfizer's own data.
Originating from the People's Daily, the article here is also advertised as a special medicine
89%, and WHO, there are some differences.
But in fact, this drug needs to be taken 2 times a day for 5 days, and can not be taken continuously for more than 5 days, and there are also requirements for use, requiring patients to take it within 5 days of infection, so it is also necessary to buy antigen detection reagents and other equipment.
The problem is that there are already free nucleic acid + vaccine + Chinese medicine packages in China, the vaccine effect is far stronger than oral drugs, why bother to buy oral drugs + antigens, this set also has to spend 2307 yuan to contribute to Pfizer? Why bother? 2300 yuan is not polite to say that you can buy a mobile phone, a cheaper laptop, you can also eat a restaurant, even if there is medical insurance reimbursement, the use of their own money.
Moreover, in fact, this drug is not as good as the major articles on the Internet say.
Americans' evaluation of the new crown special drug
Will it recur when you stop the drug? Normally, the disease should be cured, it seems that the efficacy of the drug is limited to continuous medication to suppress symptoms, once the drug is stopped, it is useless. Then you may need to spend far more than 2300 yuan once, you may need 2300 yuan twice or even multiple times, and there are antigen reagents for ten consecutive days, 7 yuan at a time, and nearly 100 yuan for a dozen times.
Of course, the state approves this drug, indicating that this drug does have a certain effect on inhibiting the new crown, but we must clearly understand that this drug is at most an auxiliary drug, far from being a special drug, do not mythologize this drug.
Covid-19 drugs are not really special drugs. Perhaps some domestic agents exaggerate the efficacy of the drug in order to make money and sell antigen detection reagents for profit.
But as ordinary civilians, we should understand that only by taking two or more doses of the new crown vaccine, wearing masks frequently, and maintaining good epidemic prevention awareness and habits can we truly and effectively avoid being infected by the new crown virus, and do not expect to eat some "special drugs" to never get the new crown, or think that Pfizer oral capsules are special drugs for the new crown, there is no such miracle drug. This Pfizer oral capsule is also not a miracle drug.