Methods for treating, ameliorating or preventing infections using drug and vaccination combination treatment

Abstract

In alternative embodiments, provided are methods for treating, ameliorating, decreasing the chances of having any adverse effects from, decreasing the severity of adverse effects from, or preventing an infection by administration of an antibiotic and/or an anti-viral drugs and a vaccine directed to a causative agent of the infection and/or an attenuated and/or a live, viable or infectious causative agent of the infection. In alternative embodiments, the infection is bacterial or viral. In alternative embodiments, the viral infection is a coronavirus infection such a Covid-19 infection. In alternative embodiments, methods as provide herein prevent or decrease the prevalence or severity of 'vaccine breakthrough infections' after vaccination, where external mutants of COVID-19 infect patients in spite of the fact that they have undergone immunization, for example, to prevent a mutant or variant COVID-19 infection. In alternative embodiments, an antiviral combination administered in coordination with a vaccine comprises PF-07321332 or PAXLOVID™ and/or ritonavir, or ivermectin, doxycycline and a zinc or a zinc salt. In alternative embodiments, methods as provided herein are used to prevent in vivo mutations of such mutant infectious agent to enhance the efficacy of an administered vaccination; in other words, methods as provided herein are used to prevent in vivo replication of an acquired viral mutant or variant infectious agent, and thus also prevents ongoing mutations of the viral infectious agent because using the combination antiviral co-therapy where there is no replication of infectious agent and so there is no possible further mutation of the infectious agent.