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ʻO Nirmatrelvir a me ritonavir he lāʻau hui pū e kōkua ana i ka mālama ʻana i ka COVID-19 i nā pākeke a me nā keiki i pilikia nui i ka maʻi nui. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike maikaʻi i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma kona inoa inoa, Paxlovid.
Hana kēia lapaʻau antiviral ma ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi mai ka hana hou ʻana iā ia iho i loko o kou kino, hiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka paʻakikī o kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka pōkole ʻana i ka lōʻihi o kou maʻi. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia e lawe ʻia i ka wā mua o kāu maʻi, ʻo ka mea maikaʻi i loko o nā lā mua o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hōʻailona.
ʻO Nirmatrelvir a me ritonavir ʻelua mau lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole e hana pū ana ma ke ʻano he hui. ʻO Nirmatrelvir ka lāʻau antiviral nui e hakakā ana i ka COVID-19, ʻoiai ʻo ritonavir e kōkua ana iā nirmatrelvir e noho ikaika i loko o kou kino no ka lōʻihi.
E noʻonoʻo iā ritonavir ma ke ʻano he mea kōkua e hōʻoia ana e hiki iā nirmatrelvir ke hana pono i kāna hana. Me ka ʻole o ritonavir, e wāwahi kou kino iā nirmatrelvir i ka wikiwiki loa i hiki ʻole ke hana pono i ka maʻi.
Ua hoʻomohala kūikawā ʻia kēia hui e kuhikuhi i ka maʻi SARS-CoV-2 e hoʻoulu ai i ka COVID-19. Hele mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano o ka pila a lawe ʻia e ka waha, e maʻalahi ai no ka mālama ʻana i ka home.
Ua kauoha ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e mālama i ka maʻi COVID-19 maʻalahi a maʻalahi i ka poʻe i pilikia nui i ka maʻi nui. E hoʻoholo kāu kauka inā kūpono ʻoe ma muli o kou makahiki, nā kūlana olakino ma lalo, a me nā mea pilikia ʻē aʻe.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻomaka ʻia i loko o ʻelima mau lā o ka ʻike ʻana o kāu mau hōʻailona COVID-19 mua. ʻO nā kūlana maʻamau e hiki ke lilo iā ʻoe i moho maikaʻi e pili ana i ka maʻi diabetes, ka maʻi puʻuwai, nā maʻi māmā, ka maʻi kīkī, a i ʻole ma luna o 65 mau makahiki.
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e mālama ana i ka maʻi COVID-19 ikaika. ʻAʻole hoʻohana ʻia e pale i ka COVID-19 inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i loaʻa i ka maʻi, a ʻaʻole ia he pani no ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka pale ʻana i kahi enzyme nui e pono ai ka maʻi COVID-19 e hana i nā kope o ia iho. Ke hiki ʻole i ka maʻi ke hana hou, lilo ia i mea paʻakikī loa no ka maʻi e laha i loko o kou kino.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Nirmatrelvir he lāʻau antiviral ikaika. Hoʻopā pololei ia i kekahi mea i kapa ʻia ʻo ka enzyme protease nui, he mea like ia me ka ʻūlū molekala e hoʻohana ai ka maʻi e ʻoki i nā protein e pono ai no ka hana hou.
I kēia manawa, hana ʻo ritonavir ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoikaika ma ka hoʻolohi ʻana i ka wikiwiki o ka wā e wāwahi ai kou ate i ka nirmatrelvir. ʻO ia hoʻi, hiki i ka nirmatrelvir ke noho i loko o kou ʻōnaehana no ka lōʻihi a hana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e kūʻē i ka maʻi.
Hoʻomaka maʻamau ka hui ʻana i loko o kekahi mau lā, ʻoiai paha e hoʻomaka ana ʻoe e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka manawa hoʻokahi. ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kā lākou mau hōʻailona i loko o 24 a 48 mau hola o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lāʻau.
E lawe ʻoe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he ʻekolu mau pila ʻelua manawa i ka lā no ʻelima mau lā. Aia i loko o kēlā me kēia mahele ʻelua mau papa nirmatrelvir ʻulaʻula a me hoʻokahi papa ritonavir keʻokeʻo, lawe ʻia nā mea a pau.
E lawe i kāu mau mahele ma kahi o 12 mau hola kaʻawale, ʻo ka mea maikaʻi loa i nā manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā pila me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai, akā ʻo ka lawe ʻana iā lākou me ka ʻai e kōkua paha e hōʻemi i ka ʻōpū inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi.
E ale i nā papa holoʻokoʻa me ka wai. Mai ʻoki, wāwahi, a nau paha iā lākou, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻopilikia i ke ʻano o ka lawe ʻia ʻana o ka lāʻau i loko o kou kino.
Inā pilikia ʻoe i ka ale ʻana i nā pila, e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka e pili ana i nā koho ʻē aʻe. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo e lawe i ka lāʻau me ka ʻāpala a i ʻole kekahi meaʻai palupalu e kōkua i nā pila e iho maʻalahi.
E hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau a pau inā hoʻomaka ʻoe e maikaʻi. ʻO ka hooki ʻana i ka wā mua e hiki ke ʻae i ka maʻi e lele hou a e maʻi hou ʻoe.
ʻO ka papa lapaʻau maʻamau he ʻelima lā, ʻo ia hoʻi e lawe ʻoe i 30 mau pila. He nui paha kēia, akā, ʻo kēlā me kēia lā o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hele mai ana i loko o kahi pūʻolo blister kūpono.
Mai hoʻolōʻihi i kāu lapaʻau ma mua o ʻelima lā ke ʻole e haʻi pololei kāu kauka iā ʻoe. ʻAʻole e hāʻawi ka lawe ʻana i ka lōʻihi ma mua o ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia i nā pōmaikaʻi hou aʻe a hiki ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
Hoʻopau ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka papa piha me ka ʻole o nā pilikia nui. Inā pilikia ʻoe me nā hopena ʻaoʻao, e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka ma mua o ka hooki ʻana, no ka mea, loaʻa paha iā lākou nā manaʻo e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻopau pono i kāu lapaʻau.
E like me ka hapa nui o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i ka nirmatrelvir a me ka ritonavir ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā mea a pau. ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau ka maʻamau a me ka manawa.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao e ʻike nui ai ʻoe i ka wā o kāu lapaʻau:
ʻO ka ʻono metala ka hopena ʻaoʻao e hoʻopilikia pinepine ai, akā, hele maʻamau ia i loko o kekahi mau lā ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kāu lāʻau lapaʻau. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe e hiki i ka nau ʻana i ka ʻōpala a i ʻole ka ʻai ʻana i nā hua citrus ke kōkua i ka hūnā ʻana i ka ʻono.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻamau, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e pili ana i ka pono e mālama i ka lāʻau lapaʻau:
He kakaikahi kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, akā he mea nui e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o lākou.
ʻAʻole palekana kēia lāʻau no nā mea a pau, a e nānā pono kāu kauka i kāu moʻolelo olakino ma mua o ke kau ʻana. Pono kekahi poʻe e pale loa i kēia lapaʻau ma muli o nā hopohopo palekana.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe iā nirmatrelvir a me ritonavir inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi puʻupaʻa a i ʻole ke ake. Hiki i ka lāʻau ke paʻakikī i kēia mau ʻōkana, a inā e hakakā ana lākou, hiki i ka lapaʻau ke hoʻonui i nā mea.
Pono nō hoʻi ka poʻe e lawe ana i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau e pale i kēia hui pū ʻana. Hiki i ka Ritonavir ke launa pū me nā lāʻau ʻē aʻe he nui, i kekahi manawa e hoʻololi ana i nā loli weliweli i ke ʻano o kā lākou hana ʻana i kou kino.
Eia kekahi mau kūlana i hiki ʻole ai kēia lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe:
E nānā kāu kauka i kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā kūlana olakino i kēia manawa e hōʻoia i ka palekana o kēia lapaʻau iā ʻoe. Mai hooki i ka lawe ʻana i kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau me ka ʻole e kamaʻilio mua me kāu kauka.
ʻO ka inoa inoa no kēia hui lāʻau lapaʻau ʻo Paxlovid, i hana ʻia e Pfizer. Ke kauoha kāu kauka i kēia lapaʻau, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana i ka inoa maʻamau a i ʻole ka inoa inoa.
Hele mai ʻo Paxlovid i loko o kahi ʻōnaehana paʻi kūikawā me nā kāleka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia lā e maʻalahi ai ka mālama ʻana i kāu papa lāʻau lapaʻau. Ua hōʻailona maopopo ʻia a hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā pila o kēlā me kēia lā.
I kēia manawa, ʻo Paxlovid wale nō ka inoa i loaʻa o kēia hui nirmatrelvir a me ritonavir. ʻAʻohe mana maʻamau i loaʻa i kēia manawa.
Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i ka nirmatrelvir a me ka ritonavir, hiki i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo i nā lāʻau lapaʻau COVID-19 ʻē aʻe ma muli o kou kūlana kikoʻī. Aia ke koho o ke koho ʻē aʻe i kāu mau hōʻailona, nā mea pilikia, a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa.
No ka poʻe hiki ʻole ke lawe iā Paxlovid, hiki i nā koho antiviral ʻē aʻe ke komo i ka remdesivir, i hāʻawi ʻia ma o ka IV i kahi hoʻonohonoho mālama ola. Pono kēia lapaʻau i nā kipa i kēlā me kēia lā i kahi keʻena lapaʻau a i ʻole ka haukapila no kekahi mau lā.
ʻO Molnupiravir kekahi antiviral waha ʻē aʻe i hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia, ʻoiai ʻaʻole makemake nui ʻia ma mua o Paxlovid. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ia no nā kūlana kahi i kūpono ʻole ai ʻo Paxlovid a i ʻole i loaʻa.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke pōmaikaʻi mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau monoclonal antibody, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hoʻohana pinepine ʻia kēia mau mea i kēia manawa a pono e lawelawe ʻia i kahi keʻena mālama ola.
E hana kāu kauka me ʻoe e ʻimi i ke koho lapaʻau maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kou kūlana pilikino a me nā mea i loaʻa ma kou wahi.
Hōʻike nā haʻawina ʻo nirmatrelvir a me ritonavir (Paxlovid) ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka molnupiravir i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka pilikia o ka hoʻokomo ʻia i ka haukapila a me ka make mai COVID-19. Ua hōʻike ʻo Paxlovid i nā hopena maikaʻi aʻe i nā hoʻokolohua lapaʻau no nā maʻi pilikia.
Ua hoʻemi ʻo Paxlovid i ka pilikia o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana i ka haukapila a i ʻole ka make ma kahi o 89% i nā hoʻokolohua lapaʻau, aʻo molnupiravir i hōʻike i kahi hoʻemi ma kahi o 30%. ʻO kēia ʻokoʻa nui e lilo ai ʻo Paxlovid i koho makemake ʻia ke loaʻa nā koho ʻelua.
Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku paha ʻo molnupiravir i koho maikaʻi no kekahi poʻe i hiki ʻole ke lawe iā Paxlovid ma muli o nā pilina lāʻau a i ʻole nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe. E kōkua kāu kauka e hoʻoholo i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono loa no kou kūlana kikoʻī.
Ua hana maikaʻi nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua ke hoʻomaka koke ʻia i ka maʻi, ʻo ka mea maikaʻi i loko o nā lā ʻelima mua o nā hōʻailona. He mea nui ka manawa o kou hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ke koho ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻAe, palekana maʻamau ʻo nirmatrelvir a me ritonavir no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes, a ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi diabetes e lilo ʻoe i mea kūpono no kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka mea e hoʻokau iā ʻoe i ka pilikia nui no ka COVID-19 koʻikoʻi.
Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e nānā pono i kou kō koko i ka wā e lawe ana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻIke kekahi poʻe i nā loli i ko lākou pae glucose koko, a pono paha e hoʻoponopono i kāu mau lāʻau diabetes.
E kamaʻilio me kāu kauka e pili ana i ka pehea e mālama ai i kāu maʻi diabetes i ka wā e lawe ana iā Paxlovid. Hiki iā lākou ke paipai e nānā pinepine i kou kō koko a i ʻole e hoʻoponopono i kāu insulin a i ʻole nā lāʻau diabetes ʻē aʻe i ka wā o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Inā lawe hewa ʻoe i ka nui ma mua o kāu kau ʻana, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu kauka a i ʻole ke kikowaena mana ʻawa. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka nui hiki ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi.
Mai ho'āʻo e hoʻoponopono i ka overdose ma ka lele ʻana i kāu mahele aʻe. Akā, e kiʻi i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo lapaʻau e pili ana i ka pehea e hoʻomau ai me ka palekana me kāu papa hana lapaʻau.
E mālama i kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pūʻolo ʻōpū i kēlā me kēia lā e pale ai i ka overdoses ulia pōpilikia. Inā pilikia ʻoe i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana inā ua lawe ʻoe i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau, e noʻonoʻo e hoʻonohonoho i nā ʻōhua kelepona a i ʻole e noi i kahi lālā o ka ʻohana e kōkua iā ʻoe e noho ma ke ala.
Inā hala ʻoe i kahi lāʻau a ua hala ma lalo o 8 mau hola mai ka manawa i manaʻo ʻia ai ʻoe e lawe, e lawe i ka lāʻau i hala i ka wā e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻoe. A laila e hoʻomau me kāu papa manawa maʻamau.
Inā ua hala ma mua o 8 mau hola mai kāu lāʻau i hala, e lele iā ia a lawe i kāu lāʻau i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hiki mai ana i ka manawa maʻamau. Mai lawe i ʻelua lāʻau i ka manawa hoʻokahi e hoʻoponopono ai i ka lāʻau i hala.
E hoʻāʻo e lawe i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau i nā manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā e kōkua ai i ka pale ʻana i nā lāʻau i hala. Hiki i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā ʻōhua kelepona a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi mea hoʻonohonoho pila ke kōkua iā ʻoe e noho ma ke ala me kāu papa hana lapaʻau.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻopau i ka papa hana lapaʻau ʻelima lā piha inā hoʻomaka ʻoe e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka pau ʻana o nā pila āpau. ʻO ka hooki ʻana i ka wā mua e hiki ai i ka maʻi ke hoʻi mai a e maʻi hou ʻoe.
E hooki wale i ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau inā e haʻi pololei kāu kauka iā ʻoe, ma muli o nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi e ʻoi aku ana ma mua o nā pōmaikaʻi o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka lapaʻau.
Ma hope o kou hoʻopau ʻana i kāu papa hana ʻelima lā, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ka hopena o ka lapaʻau, ʻoiai paha e mau ana kekahi mau hōʻailona maʻalahi i ka wā e ola piha ai kou kino.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi e pale i ka waiʻona i ka wā e lawe ana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i ka waiʻona ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā pilikia o ke ake a hiki ke hoʻomāhuahua i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e like me ka nausea a me ka ʻōpū.
Mai ka mea e ola nei ʻoe mai COVID-19, pono kou kino i ke kākoʻo a pau e hiki ai iā ia ke loaʻa. Hiki i ka waiʻona ke keakea i ka hiki o kou ʻōnaehana pale e hakakā pono ai i ka maʻi.
He ʻelima wale nō lā ka lōʻihi o ka papa lapaʻau, no laila, ʻo ka pale ʻana i ka waiʻona i loko o kēia wā pōkole hiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pōmaikaʻi piha o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a e ola koke ana.
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