Developed by Pfizer to prevent severe forms of Covid-19, the Paxlovid pill should be available this Friday at 7 p.m., simply by presenting a medical prescription,
Capital
reports in an article published on Thursday.
Facilitate the prescription of Paxlovid in community medicine
Previously, a complex procedure with a questionnaire to be completed delayed access to this drug, which is however recommended to be taken as soon as the first symptoms appear.
The objective here is to facilitate its prescription in town.
In addition to presenting a medical prescription, the patient wishing to obtain Paxlovid must also present a positive antigen or PCR test.
Questioned by
Capital
, the president of the Federation of Pharmaceutical Unions of France specifies that an antigenic test can be carried out on site if the availability of personnel allows it.
Coverage by health insurance
If the patient is positive, the treatment “will be provided to him within half a day”, continues the pharmacist.
Regarding orders for these anti-covid pills, they can be made by pharmacies to their usual wholesaler-distributor.
Previously, going through a platform dedicated to the prescription and dispensing of Paxlovid was unavoidable.
This change is in line with an announcement made by the High Authority for Health (HAS), which recently came out in favor of the reimbursement of Paxlovid by Health Insurance.
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