The Faculty of Pharmacy at Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University has developed a liquid solution in which crushed Favipiravir tablets can be dissolved to help young children infected with COVID-19 take the medicine.

 

Dr. Wanchai Chongcharoen, a lecturer at the faculty, said that they faculty became aware of the difficulties faced by parents, when giving the medication to very young children, and decided to find a way to address it and, thereby, help the infected children.

 

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The liquid solution tastes sweet, which will make it easier for children to take Favipiravir orally, said Dr. Wanchai, adding that the advantages of the solution are that the medicine is suspended in the liquid, will not end up deposited at the bottom of the container and can be kept for ten days in a fridge or at room temperature.

 

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Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, the medicine go down........just ask Mary Poppins no need for the Thai doctors.......

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5 hours ago, webfact said:

The liquid solution tastes sweet, which will make it easier for children to take Favipiravir orally

I think you'd have to blindfold them first to get them to swallow that

I do hope Favipiravir is safe for children, and that it saves children's lives and that it has no long term effects.

 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

adding that the advantages of the solution are that the medicine is suspended in the liquid, will not end up deposited at the bottom of the container

"Shake well before use"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Known side effects.

'There is evidence that use during pregnancy may result in harm to the baby' .......... Wiki

 

Not licenced for use in USA or UK..

Licenced for use  in Russia, Egypt and Thailand

 

Be Careful.