COVIFOR is authorized for use under EUA for treatment of patients hospitalized with suspected or laboratory confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe disease.
COVIFOR is authorized for use under EUA for treatment of patients hospitalized with suspected or laboratory confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe disease.
COVIFOR is authorized for use under EUA for treatment of patients hospitalized with suspected or laboratory confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe disease.
Currently, there is no approved product to treat COVID-19. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) have given special approvals for use of Remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19 under special circumstances considering the pandemic situation.
This fact sheet contains information to help you understand the risks and benefits of taking remdesivir, which you have received or may receive.
Talk to your healthcare provider if you have questions. It is your choice to receive remdesivir or stop it at any time.
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COVID-19 is caused by a virus called a coronavirus. This is a new type of coronavirus and has not been seen before. This new coronavirus was first found in people in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in December 2019. Person-to-person spread was reported outside Hubei and in countries outside China, including in India. You can get COVID-19 through contact with another person who has the virus.
COVID-19 illnesses have ranged from very mild (including some with no reported symptoms) to severe, including illness resulting in death. The severity of this infection depends on the concomitant disease states of the person along with age. Older people and people of all ages with severe, long lasting (chronic) medical conditions like heart disease, lung disease and diabetes, for example, seem to be at higher risk of being hospitalized for COVID-19.
After exposure the symptoms may appear within 2 to 14 days which includes fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Some less common symptoms are diarrhea, skin rash and loss of taste or smell. Other medical conditions may become worse in case you have serious COVID-19 illness including breathing problems.
COVIFOR is an injection containing the drug remdesivir. Remdesivir is an investigational antiviral medicine to treat certain people in the hospital with COVID-19. Remdesivir is still being studied due to which it is called investigational. Currently, there is limited information known about the safety and effectiveness of using remdesivir to treat people in the hospital with COVID-19.
As per the clinical trials, remdesivir was shown to shorten the time to recovery in some people. There are no drugs approved for the treatment of COVID-19 by the FDA as safe and effective. Therefore, the FDA has authorized the emergency use of remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19 under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted an accelerated approval of this drug to meet the urgent medical need for the treatment of COVID-19 through restricted medical use.
Tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:
COVIFOR is given to you through a vein (intravenous or IV) in a dose of 200 mg on day one followed by 100 mg from day 2 to day 5. Dosing above 5 days is not recommended. The doctor may consider the days of treatment depending on your health condition. Remdesivir may help decrease the amount of the coronavirus in your body. This may help you to get better faster.
Possible side effects of remdesivir are:
These may not be all the possible side effects of remdesivir. Since remdesivir is still being studied there is a chance that all of the risks are not yet known at this time.
Not many people have taken remdesivir as of now. Serious and unexpected side effects may happen to some people. The usual side effects of getting any medicine by vein may include brief pain, bleeding, bruising of the skin, soreness, swelling, and possible infection at the injection site.
There is limited experience giving remdesivir to pregnant women or breastfeeding mothers. For a mother and unborn baby, the benefit of receiving remdesivir may be greater than the risk from the treatment. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, discuss your options and specific situation with your healthcare provider.
Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any side effect that bothers you or does not go away.
You can report the side effects on Hetero helpline no. 1800-120-8689 or write us on drugsafetyindia@heterodrugs.com.
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Remdesivir is an investigational antiviral medicine to treat certain people in the hospital with COVID-19. Remdesivir is still being studied due to which it is called investigational. Currently...
After exposure the symptoms may appear within 2 to 14 days which includes fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Other medical conditions...
Remdesivir is an investigational antiviral medicine to treat certain people in the hospital with COVID-19. Remdesivir is still being studied due to which it is called investigational. Currently...
After exposure the symptoms may appear within 2 to 14 days which includes fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Other medical conditions...
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2. COVIFOR, package insert (accessed on: 31.07.2020)
3. Fact Sheet for Patients And Parents/Caregivers Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) Of Remdesivir For Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (accessed on: 31.07.2020)
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