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the-mighty-kira t1_j0oexh1 wrote

Reply to comment by HighNoon1200 in Cambridge scientists have shown that a widely-used drug to treat liver disease can prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection or reduce COVID-19 severity by hot

Doctors still need to prescribe it, which they aren’t going to do strictly on a patient saying they read an article about it

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HighNoon1200 t1_j0pnwbb wrote

That’s what all of US healthcare is. “I saw an ad for this medicine you think I should take it?”

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the-mighty-kira t1_j0qns2l wrote

You’re missing the other half of that though. Pharma companies also heavily push ads, samples, white papers, etc to the doctors. This means that if the patient brings it up, the doctor will have likely heard of it and be more likely to prescribe. Barring that, a doctor isn’t going to risk a malpractice suit for prescribing a drug that may injure their patient

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