Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is providing molnupiravir and other COVID-19 treatments at no cost
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The study showed a reduction in the risk of severe illness requiring hospitalization and/or death from 9
Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Merck’s molnupiravir for the treatment of mild-to-moderate
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The presence of a large number of G-to-A mutations in the COVID genome is a “signature” of molnupiravir’s action
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Overall, 4 of 4 (100%), 4 of 4 (100%) and 1 of 4 (25%) of the participants receiving 300, 600 and 800 mg molnupiravir, respectively, and 5 of 6 (83%) controls, had at least one adverse event, all of which were mild (≤grade 2)
Molnupiravir should be started within five days of symptom onset in COVID
0% overall in the molnupiravir groups and 73
Molnupiravir is taken as 4 tablets twice per day, and Paxlovid as 3 tablets twice daily
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Healthcare providers must provide the patient/caregiver with an electronic or hard copy of the “Fact Sheet for Patients and Caregivers” prior to the patient receiving molnupiravir and must document that the patient/caregiver has been given an electronic or hard copy of the “Fact Sheet for Patients and Caregivers”
The prescribing healthcare provider must document that a pregnant individual was made aware of the pregnancy registry at or 1-800-616-3791
showed that the time to achieve a low viral load (Ct ≥ 30) was significantly shortened for molnupiravir patients compared to placebo Molnupiravir is a newer oral antiviral drug that has recently been tested in COVID-19
Adverse events leading to death occurred in 2 (<1%) of the subjects receiving molnupiravir and 12 (2%) of subjects receiving placebo
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