CAN MONUPIRAVIR BE USED WHEN RE-INFECTED WITH COVID-19?

Can monupiravir be used when re-infected with covid-19?

Molnupiravir is widely used in the treatment of COVID-19. For the first F0 can use Molnupiravir, so can the 2nd F0 continue to use it?

Molnupiravir is believed to be the most commonly used COVID-19 specific drug today. So those who can use Molnupiravir as prescribed can use Molnupiravir for the 2nd time and many times after if unfortunately re-infection or not?

The effects of Molnupiravir

Molnupiravir is a drug capable of inhibiting and preventing the replication and growth of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This medication has been approved for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults.

As a specific antiviral drug, the Ministry of Health stipulates that only 800mg of Molnupiravir can be taken every 12 hours for 5 days. Absolutely do not use Molnupiravir as a preventive medicine before and after infection. Molnupiravir should only be used when prescribed by qualified medical institutions or doctors based on the actual condition of each case.

Molravir 400 has the active ingredient Molnupiravir to treat COVID-19 manufactured by Boston Pharma

Can people who are reinfected with COVID-19 continue to take Molnupiravir? This is a question that has received a lot of attention recently.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Van Dung - Dean of the Faculty of Public Health, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, answered people's questions , that re-infection with COVID-19 in the near future (within 60 days) is very rare and the use of molnupiravir during subsequent reinfection is entirely possible.

The use of Molnupiravir in distant reinfections does not cause adverse effects on the body. However, when using the drug for 5 consecutive days, we should stop taking it because most of the virus has been destroyed by this time, and the body has also created antibodies to completely destroy the remaining virus in the body.

To achieve the best treatment effect of COVID-19, we should use Molnupiravir as soon as we test positive and have symptoms, it does not matter whether it is positive in the morning or afternoon, full or hungry.

What should You do if you take the full dose of Molnupiravir but you are still positive?

As recommended, Molnupiravir should not be used for more than 5 consecutive days. In fact, there are many cases of COVID-19 infection who have used full-dose specific drugs, but PCR test results are still positive.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Van Dung said that patients should not worry or find other drugs to replace Molnupiravir because when using the full dose of Molnupiravir, it means that the patient's body has received the best treatment and the immune system was able to produce natural antibodies to destroy the remaining virus in the body.

There have been studies of the use of Molnupiravir but still positive for COVID-19, the results showed that the virus when given for culture was not viable. It means that Molnupiravir has destroyed and inhibited the growth of viruses and what is left is only their corpses.

Source: Vietnam's Ministry of Health