People with Long COVID turn to online drug markets (Sofia)
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Dec 2024
Summary
Sofia, in Austria, bought a four-month supply of sofosbuvir for about 200 euros from an anonymous Twitter/X user who had sourced it from India; the article does not say how long she had had Long COVID. On it, she went from 40% to 60% of her previous level of functioning. The article gives no information on whether that improvement was maintained, needed continued dosing, or faded once the four-month supply ran out.
What they credit
Credits Antivirals, Sofosbuvir / maraviroc (off-label).
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