{"id":516041,"date":"2022-11-25T22:10:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T19:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/could-these-antiviral-pills-treat-long-covid\/"},"modified":"2022-11-25T22:10:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T19:10:01","slug":"could-these-antiviral-pills-treat-long-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/could-these-antiviral-pills-treat-long-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"#Could these antiviral pills treat long COVID?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a408d6ed24c4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a408d6ed24c4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/could-these-antiviral-pills-treat-long-covid\/#%E2%80%9CCould_these_antiviral_pills_treat_long_COVID%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Could these antiviral pills treat long COVID?&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCould_these_antiviral_pills_treat_long_COVID%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Could these antiviral pills treat long COVID?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<pre><code>                                    by Lisa M. Krieger                                                                                                                    &lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;\n                                    &lt;div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\"&gt;\n&lt;div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/tmb\/2022\/covid-3.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/covid-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\"&gt;\n    &lt;figure class=\"article-img\"&gt;&lt;img src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/covid-3.jpg\" alt=\"covid\" title=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\"\/&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\"&gt;\n            Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\n        &lt;\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>Could Paxlovid solve one of the pandemic&#8217;s biggest puzzles? A new study at Stanford University aims to find out.<\/p>\n<pre><code>                                                                            &lt;p&gt;In the nation's first medical trial of an antiviral strategy to treat long COVID, scientists are testing the drug to see if it helps ease the misery of fatigue, brain fog, shortness of breath, body aches, digestive symptoms and heart problems.\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>&#8220;It is important to gain further understanding whether this could be effective therapy,&#8221; said principal investigator Dr. Linda Geng, clinical assistant professor at Stanford Medicine and co-director of Stanford&#8217;s Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome Clinic.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Paxlovid is only given im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely after infection, before the virus gains a firm foothold in the body. It is proven to reduce the risk of long COVID, hospitalization and death.<\/p>\n<p>It has not yet been tested in those with chronic illness, months or years after infection. The Stanford study is recruiting 200 participants to learn whether people treated with a 15-day regimen of Paxlovid feel better than those treated with a placebo. Both groups will be monitored over 4.5 months to see if symptoms improve.<\/p>\n<p>To date, no established treatments exist for long COVID, which affects millions of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>But some long-haulers have noted that their sicknesses subsided after taking the drug for possible reinfection\u2014inspiring the Stanford team to take a closer look at the treatment, which attacks the virus by inhibiting a key enzyme that it needs to make new particles.<\/p>\n<p>Last spring, Geng and a team of Stanford researchers reported that a 47-year-old woman&#8217;s long-COVID symptoms, such as fatigue, cognitive problems and a racing heartbeat\u2014vanished after she took Paxlovid. The patient was able to return to work and rigorous exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists still don&#8217;t know exactly what causes long COVID. The search for therapies has been stymied by the disability&#8217;s complexity. Symptoms may come and go, and they vary widely.<br \/>\n                                            <!-- Google middle Adsense block --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we go to physicians, they never know what to do with us. They always just send us to another specialist, and go through more and more tests that never show that anything is going on,&#8221; said 25-year-old Ibrahim Rashid, who was infected two years ago and is finally regaining enough strength to run and do martial arts. &#8220;You spend so much money and emotional energy getting shuffled through the medical system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One theory is that the disability is triggered by an overactive immune response to the virus, even after the virus is gone. Another is that the virus stubbornly persists in the body.<\/p>\n<p>The Stanford study is testing the theory that, at least in some cases, long COVID is caused by lingering virus\u2014and an antiviral medication could help eliminate it.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have detected bits of viral genetic material in the blood and feces of &#8220;long haulers,&#8221; suggesting that virus remains hidden in various tissues of the body, said Geng.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe the COVID virus has somehow evaded our immune system, and that&#8217;s how it has remained somewhere in our body,&#8221; said Geng. &#8220;But we don&#8217;t know that. \u2026 We don&#8217;t fully understand where these viral particles are coming from.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Antiviral drugs are successful against other infections, such as flu, Ebola, HIV, hepatitis and herpes, she noted.<\/p>\n<p>News of the study was welcomed by patients and advocacy groups.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have been clamoring for Paxlovid to be trialed, and it&#8217;s about time,&#8221; said Diana Berrent G\u00fcthe, the founder of a long COVID support group called Survivor Corps. &#8220;Starting in winter 2021, we noticed many long COVID patients experiencing a degree of symptom relief after vaccination, indicating there was viral persistence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Millions of Americans are struggling with persistent, disabling symptoms long after their initial infection, and the toll will continue to climb with each additional wave.<\/p>\n<p>Without a treatment, patients try anything that might work, said Rashid, whose months of illness inspired him to build an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>, called Strong Haulers, that helps people with chronic illnesses track their symptoms and other health data.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They resort to doing alternative therapies, changing their diets, yoga and meditation. \u2026 But some are still stuck in bed. Lifestyle changes can take you only so far. There&#8217;s no pharmacological way to dull those symptoms,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Stanford trial represents just the beginning of what should be a broader search for long COVID therapies, said G\u00fcthe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can&#8217;t conduct this inquiry one therapeutic at a time. We need many trials, studying many vehicles of treatment, run simultaneously,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We can walk and chew gum at the same time while still staying true to the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<pre><code>                                                                                                                        &lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\"&gt;\n                                            2022 MediaNews Group, Inc.&lt;br\/&gt;Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.\n\n\n                                    &lt;!-- print only --&gt;\n                                    &lt;div class=\"d-none d-print-block\"&gt;\n\n                                             &lt;strong&gt;Citation&lt;\/strong&gt;:\n                                             Could these antiviral pills treat long COVID? 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