CEBU CITY, Philippines - The highly sought Japanese anti-viral drugs called Avigan is being provided to coronavirus patients in Central Visayas for "compassionate use," a local health
Anti-influenza Avigan tablets
“We have been giving Avigan tablets to patients. And I believe that some of our hospitals, a quite number of them, are using these… I believe they have been using for a month now,” said Loreche. These included explaining to patients that the drugs the latter will be taking for the purpose of “compassionate use,” and that they should be filling up the Adverse Drug Request Form., is a potential pathway for a patient with an immediately life-threatening condition or serious disease or condition to gain access to an investigational medical product for treatment outside of clinical trials when no comparable or satisfactory alternative therapy options are available.
“As of now, the findings are still within the hands of our doctors. This is why we are actually encouraging doctors to send their findings to our office so we can see their effectiveness… so that we can submit them to the scientific community,” said Loreche.
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