11. Evidence for and Against COVID-19 Treatments Flashcards
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Evidence-based medicine
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“the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients”
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Protease
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protein cutting
3
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Paxlovid
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a combination of Nirmatrelvir + ritonavir
4
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Ritonavir
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acts to prolong the action of nirmatrelvir by acting at the level of pharmacokinetics (delays breakdown of drug- nirmatrelvir)
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