Medscape Paxlovid, an antiviral approved last year to treat acute infections of COVID-19, is showing great potential as a new treatment for long COVID and may be the most promising experimental therapy now being studied for treating the condition.
New research offers strong evidence that Paxlovid provides significant benefits for COVID-19 patients who are at high risk for severe or prolonged disease, particularly older adults and those who are immunocompromised, said Lisa Sanders, MD, medical director of Yale’s Long COVID Multidisciplinary Care Center, New Haven, Connecticut.
“We all know that long COVID is a disease smorgasbord of illnesses that have been somehow triggered by COVID. So, the question is, are there some types of these disorders that can respond to Paxlovid?” Sanders said.