Episode 378: Euvsheld Loses EUA

Evusheld is the FDA approved, lab created, preventative monoclonal antibody therapy. In addition to the lab-created variety of monoclonal antibodies (Evusheld), there are biologically derived monoclonal antibodies which are spun from the blood from people who are sick with COVID and administered to those who are sick with COVID to help speed their recovery. Evusheld is a protein that is designed to look like the proteins we make when we get sick. When injected, it makes a body like mine think we've already been sick which then keeps us from getting COVID. When I received it there were four vials injected as 2 shots in the buttocks every six months. I was a candidate for Evusheld because I'm so immune suppressed because of the chemotherapy I'm taking. Evusheld had Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA. However, at the end of January, that EUA was revoked. Evusheld has been proved ineffective against the current COVID variants. Therefore, for the severely immunosuppressed, there is no longer a preventative option for avoiding COVID. The alternatives are now post-viral options Paxlovid and Molnupiravir, and monoclonal antibody treatment in the hospital or in urgent care clinics. Perhaps as this virus evolves and becomes less deadly we'll continue to see the threat decrease. Have you taken Evusheld? What factors in to your thinking about COVID these days? I'm Annette Leonard, speaker, coach, and sick person who believes that my illnesses do not define me. If health is the absence of disease and wellness is the presence of wholeness, then no matter what your disease status, we can work toward your wellness, your wholeness. Whether or not you are ever "healthy" on paper, you can be well. Join me and others on the path back to wholeness at AnnetteLeonard.com. Whether you are a person experiencing chronic illness or are someone who loves or serves people with chronic illness I have great resources here on this channel or on my website for you.