Pfizer oral drug Paxlovid
Effectiveness
． Mild patients, the blood oxygen content is 94% or more, if there is no obvious respiratory failure within 5 days following the onset, the effect is the best (Related reports: The first batch of Pfizer’s oral medicines to treat the new coronavirus arrived in Hong Kong today, and the Hong Kong government has purchased enough oral medicines）
．It can reduce the risk of hospital admission and death by nearly 90%
Priority for prescription drugs
． 70 years old or above
．Chronic illness, diabetes, obesity, immune system disorders, cancer, taking drugs that depress the immune system
．Long-term lung disease, heart failure
．People who have not been vaccinated or who have not completed their vaccinations
Other suitable for prescription
．Pregnancy and breastfeeding can be used
． 12 years old or above
Side effects/Not suitable for prescribers
．Diarrhea, mildly high blood pressure, muscle pain
．Poor renal function or liver failure is not suitable for use
Merck Molnupiravir
utility
．Queen Mary Hospital prescribed 300 courses of treatment, 80% of the patients were stable without further deterioration, 20% had signs of pneumonia, and the effect was better than no medication or other drugs (See:Eighty percent of 300 new crown-positive patients at Queen Mary Hospital taking MSD’s oral drug are in stable condition）
．According to the research of the pharmaceutical company, the risk of hospital admission can be reduced by 30% following taking the medicine
Priority for prescription drugs
． 70 years old or above
．Chronic illness, diabetes, obesity, immune system disorders, cancer, taking drugs that depress the immune system
．Long-term lung disease, heart failure
．Poor renal function and renal failure
.poor liver function
．People who have not been vaccinated or who have not completed their vaccinations
Side effects/Not suitable for prescribers
．Diarrhea, headache, skin rash, nausea and stuffiness
．Not suitable for pregnant and breastfeeding women and those under the age of 18, because the drug can affect the growth of the baby, as well as the growth of bone and cartilage
Source: Government press conference on epidemic work
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