{"id":19290,"date":"2022-01-20T12:25:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T01:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/?p=19290"},"modified":"2022-01-20T12:25:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T01:25:23","slug":"major-breakthrough-in-australias-fight-against-covid-19-as-two-pills-to-treat-the-virus-are-granted-provisional-approval-heres-everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/major-breakthrough-in-australias-fight-against-covid-19-as-two-pills-to-treat-the-virus-are-granted-provisional-approval-heres-everything-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Major breakthrough in Australia&#8217;s fight against Covid-19 as TWO pills to treat the virus are granted provisional approval &#8211; here&#8217;s everything you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li><strong>TGA has approved two oral treatments for adults who contract Covid infections<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Paxlovid and Lagevrio approved for adults at risk of hospitalisation\u00a0or death\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Both medicines are taken twice a day for five days after initial infection<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The treatments had already been approved in the UK and will land in Aus soon\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&amp;authornamef=Eliza+Mcphee+For+Daily+Mail+Australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eliza Mcphee For Daily Mail Australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Published: 08:02 AEDT, 20 January 2022 | Updated: 12:00 AEDT, 20 January 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two pills to help treat Covid infections have been approved by the&nbsp;Therapeutic Goods Administration for the first time in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The oral treatments,&nbsp;Paxlovid and Lagevrio, have been provisionally approved for adults who catch the virus and who are at risk of hospitalisation or death.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Neither product is intended to be used as a substitute for vaccination against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/coronavirus\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Covid-19<\/a>,&#8217; the TGA said, adding the medication was not for patients who required oxygen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Either medicine should be administered as soon as possible after diagnosis of Covid-19 and within 5 days of the start of symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10420123\/Two-oral-Covid-treatments-approved-Australia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fuss.jpg?resize=836%2C735&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19292\" width=\"836\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fuss.jpg?w=627&amp;ssl=1 627w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fuss.jpg?resize=300%2C264&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TGA has approved two oral treatments for adults who contract Covid infections Paxlovid and Lagevrio approved for adults at risk of hospitalisation\u00a0or death\u00a0 Both medicines are taken twice a day for five days after initial infection The treatments had already been approved in the UK and will land in Aus soon\u00a0 By Eliza Mcphee For&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/major-breakthrough-in-australias-fight-against-covid-19-as-two-pills-to-treat-the-virus-are-granted-provisional-approval-heres-everything-you-need-to-know\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Major breakthrough in Australia&#8217;s fight against Covid-19 as TWO pills to treat the virus are granted provisional approval &#8211; 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