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What is Molnupiravir? First Oral COVID Treatment Developed by Merck Could Be Issued By Year's End
Newsweek via MSN ^ | 10/01/2021 | Xander Landen

Posted on 10/01/2021 6:29:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 10/01/2021 6:29:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Because the ivermectin patent expired 35 years ago? Thanks, Merck.


2 posted on 10/01/2021 6:31:16 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal (I believe it! He's alive! Sweet Jesus!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Is this the same as Ivermectin?


3 posted on 10/01/2021 6:35:02 PM PDT by Danette
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According to the vaxxshills on Twitter, no.

But they're vaxxshills on Twitter...

4 posted on 10/01/2021 6:41:39 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Danette

Since there is now an FDA approved vaccine (what a joke). There should be no more emergency authorizations. All new treatments should have to go through the normal (pre covid) approval process. We all know this will never happen.


5 posted on 10/01/2021 6:41:43 PM PDT by RBW in PA
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To: SeekAndFind

“If authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the drug, molnupiravir, could be the FIRST oral antiviral treatment for patients with COVID-19.”

Actually the second, and arguably the third.


6 posted on 10/01/2021 6:46:09 PM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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RE: Is this the same as Ivermectin?

That’s what many suspect - an upgraded version of Ivermectin ( which they used to manufacture until the patent expired 35 years ago and it became generic ).


7 posted on 10/01/2021 6:46:54 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Danette
Is this the same as Ivermectin?

From what I'm reading, the big 3 Pharmaceutical companies are rolling out similar products.

Some are calling the Pfizer drug (because of its chemical similarity to Ivermectin) - Pfizermectin.

8 posted on 10/01/2021 6:47:22 PM PDT by Thommas (The snout of the camel is in the tent.)
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To: Danette

Different class. Same class as Remdesevir.
See link below...

https://covdb.stanford.edu/page/covid-review/#molnupiravir


9 posted on 10/01/2021 6:48:47 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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Remdesivir.

I hate these bleeping names...


10 posted on 10/01/2021 6:49:29 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: SeekAndFind

So $3 a pill or $300 a pill.


11 posted on 10/01/2021 6:50:10 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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I used to have a Ford truck, but I put a Toyota emblem on it, so now it’s a Toyota.


12 posted on 10/01/2021 6:51:38 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: SeekAndFind

this causes RAPID mutations in the virus.

DELTA will be nothing compared to what this will generate
from the millions of victims (petri dishes) who
will be VAX-RAPED.


13 posted on 10/01/2021 6:52:20 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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I’ll opt for the horsey paste.

But then I’m a big fan of generics.

Tried being a lab rat once. Didn’t work out too well.


14 posted on 10/01/2021 6:53:33 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Danette

No, Ivermectin is a protease inhibitor. Merck’s drug is a ribonucleoside analog. It is the Pfizer pill that is a (different) protease inhibitor.


15 posted on 10/01/2021 6:55:40 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t think any pregnant women were included in the trial. No heterosexual sex for women of child bearing age was allowed during the trial.


16 posted on 10/01/2021 6:57:14 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: mewzilla

I remember it with the mnemonic “Run! Death is near”


17 posted on 10/01/2021 6:59:04 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: proxy_user; Danette

Here is another difference. This is not being recommended as a preventative treatment. Ivermectin is.


18 posted on 10/01/2021 7:00:46 PM PDT by TigersEye (Resistance is not futile!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Took another hit of Ivermectin tonight. It may need to protect against the molnupiravir.


19 posted on 10/01/2021 7:08:37 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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What is Molnupiravir?

Ivermectin with a patent.

20 posted on 10/01/2021 7:31:20 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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