While Pfizer’s experimental COVID-19 shot is nicknamed the ‘clot shot,’ the pharmaceutical giant has another medication that has shown to cause blood clots.
That drug is Paxlovid, the antiviral therapy Pfizer made to treat COVID-19.
A study warns that Paxlovid can cause deadly blood clots when coupled with common heart disease medications such as statins and blood thinners.
“Researchers from Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Harvard Medical School and other US institutions found the Covid drug can increase the risk of developing blood clots when taken with blood thinners,” the Daily Mail reported.
Trending: What Was In Those Bush Sr. Funeral Envelopes? The “First Arrest” To Shock The World Revealed?
Coronary heart disease drugs prescribed with Paxlovid increase the risk of blood clots.
And alongside immunosuppressants it can cause plasma to rise to toxic levels.
Pfizer's Covid drug Paxlovid can cause deadly blood clots, study warns https://t.co/gJ5JTe3ssO
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) October 13, 2022
“Researchers from Harvard Medical School found the Covid drug can increase the risk of developing blood clots when taken with blood thinners.”
The people on blood thinners are high risk for Covid clots. Paxlovid increasing blood clot risk even further is just wild. https://t.co/2VNgC4BkUX
— Dr. Benjamin Braddock (@GraduatedBen) October 13, 2022
PhD research scientist Dr. Houman Hemmati discussed the findings with Laura Ingraham.
“Paxlovid didn’t have these lengthy Phase 1, 2, and 3 trials. It was rushed to market under an Emergency Use Authorization, never an approval. And as a result they’ve skipped a lot of these studies so what we’re learning about that drug and its safety is largely based on post-marketing data – people who are actually getting it in real-world usage and then we find out through them,” he said.
https://twitter.com/Janebon34813396/status/1580627873559216128
Here’s a Rumble backup courtesy of Chief Nerd:
From the Daily Mail:
It can also cause an irregular heartbeat when combined with drugs for heart pain and when taken alongside statins it can be toxic to the liver.
Dozens of medications such as aspirin are safe to take with Paxlovid, the researchers stress. But doctors need to be aware that other drugs can be dangerous and should be discontinued or adjusted while a patient is being treated for Covid.
When President Joe Biden, 79, tested positive for Covid and started Paxlovid in July, his physician Dr Kevin O’Connor temporarily stopped him from taking the statin Crestor and stroke prevention drug Eliquis.
Pfizer’s CEO Dr Albert Bourla, 60, also took a course of Paxlovid when he caught the virus in August.
Dr. Sarju Ganatra, director of the cardio-oncology program at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Massachusetts, said: ‘Awareness of the presence of drug-drug interactions of Paxlovid with common cardiovascular drugs is key.
‘System-level interventions by integrating drug-drug interactions into electronic medical records could help avoid related adverse events.
‘The prescription of Paxlovid could be incorporated into an order set, which allows physicians, whether it be primary care physicians or cardiology providers, to consciously rule out any contraindications to the co-administration of Paxlovid.
‘Consultation with other members of the health care team, particularly pharmacists, can prove to be extremely valuable.
‘However, a health care provider’s fundamental understanding of the drug-drug interactions with cardiovascular medications is key.’
Join the conversation!
Please share your thoughts about this article below. We value your opinions, and would love to see you add to the discussion!