Comments by "N Marbletoe" (@nmarbletoe8210) on "Dr. Scott Gottlieb: Merck's oral Covid-19 pill is a 'profound game changer'" video.

  1.  @denniskatinas  I looked it up and you are right. iver is antiviral. The earliest article I find is from 1977 in Annals of New York Academy of Sciences.
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  2. Oxford is studying iver
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  3.  @Quixote1818  Yup, one has 13 carbons, one has 38. The new pill is a molecule that can flip between U and C in the RNA letter code. This induces mutations in RNA. Ivermectin... what is it's mechanism? It's different but not sure they know how it works yet.
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  4.  @Alex-qn9og  Agree they are different mechanisms. The new Mjolinor pill causes RNA mutagenesis. Iver may disrupt the virus membrane and interfere with importin and other things, but it is not a mutagen.
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  5.  @markwinner274  It's very different molecule. But it may have a similar use.
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  6. its 1/3rd the size, and has a different mode of action
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  7.  @sistertracy-thechurchofroc6574  it acts by a different mechanism
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  8. Different molecule, different means of action. Similar benefit perhaps.
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  9.  @petem3883  nah they are very different structure and mechanism. but they may be used in a similar way
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  10.  @goldreserve  Yes, the Nobel guy praises the Merck CEO who helped him
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  11. There are dozens of studies underway
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