Technology

59742 readers

4059 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

2141

Pfizer says it will price Covid treatment Paxlovid at nearly $1,400 for a five-day course, which researchers estimate only costs Pfizer $13 to produce. That's a 10,000%+ markup. Shameful. (mastodon.world)

submitted 1 year ago by i_have_no_enemies to c/technology

291 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] CosmicCleric 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m allergic to Paxlovid; taking it makes my neck and head swell up to where I look like Rocky Balboa after a fight and my neck feels like a giant tree trunk.

Are you aware of which part of it that you're allergic to?

And have you heard of if others have the same allergic reaction?

[–] PigsInClover 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, my doctor just had me take Benadryl to see if the reaction started to calm down. When 12 hours later it had, he had me stop taking Paxlovid completely and I didn't finish the pack.

I know anaphylaxis is definitely a reported reaction of Paxlovid, but I have no idea how prevalent it is.

This page on Paxlovid by the NIH mentions it under Monitoring and Adverse Effects.

[–] CosmicCleric 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks, and also for the link.

[–] PigsInClover 2 points 1 year ago

No problem!