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Wednesday, 10/26/2022 1:13:48 PM

Wednesday, October 26, 2022 1:13:48 PM

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“Since the COVID-19 drug, Paxlovid, works by blocking a protease enzyme, should I be concerned about taking digestive enzymes that contain proteases?
Meredith Worthington, Ph.D.
Tod Cooperman, M.D.
Written by Meredith Worthington, Ph.D. — Medically reviewed and edited by Tod Cooperman, M.D.
Answer:
No, you should not be concerned about digestive enzyme supplements, but be aware that St. John's wort and supplements containing colchicine might interact with Paxlovid.
The proteases produced by your body and found in digestive enzyme supplements, which help digest protein in foods, are different from the viral protease (3CL) that is needed by coronaviruses to replicate (Zhang, Science 2020) and is the target of the antiviral protease-inhibitor drug Paxlovid.
Taking a supplement that contains proteases to digest food is not likely to affect the course of COVID-19 infection or the activity of antiviral drugs.”

https://www.consumerlab.com/answers/digestive-enzyme-supplements-and-protease-inhibitors/digestive-enzyme-supplements-paxlovid/
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