Criteria to get the antiviral in B.C. are more restrictive than in other jurisdictions
Sarah Moser finds it infuriating that three weeks after her 75-year-old father tested positive for COVID-19, he continues to suffer because he was denied an antiviral drug that could have eased his symptoms.
By contrast, in Ontario, the drug is available to anyone 60 and older, and those 18 and older who are immuno-compromised or at high risk of severe illness due to having at least one other serious disease, such as liver, lung or kidney disease. This month, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Paxlovid protects people at highest risk but is “not a panacea.”
“So it is such a discussion between a clinician and an individual who’s at risk about receiving Paxlovid,” said Henry. “Because it’s been restricted, more often than not, I find that the patients that really would have benefited from this don’t access it because they don’t know enough about it,” said Forrest. His experience of late is that fully immunized people are not getting seriously ill from COVID-19, “which is quite astonishing.” Forrest recalls one COVID death in Nanaimo Regional General Hospital ICU in the last year.
“On the other hand, we have found some evidence that Paxlovid may still help some people at high risk to avoid hospitalization or death, even after immunization and with the Omicron variants,” said Dormuth.
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