Paxlovid for covid

[ramonesfreak]

Doc got me a script for this for Covid. Very strange side effects

Anyone else take this ?

[red-beard]

It is the latest oral anti-viral. It was not out when I had Covid. Are you having a serious case?

[Chocaholic]

Pfizer’s next gambit. Hope it works better than their vax. So...what are the side effects? If we don’t hear it on Pelican, we certainly won’t hear it from the “experts”.

[ramonesfreak]

Originally Posted by red-beard

It is the latest oral anti-viral. It was not out when I had Covid. Are you having a serious case?

Yes and yes. I think it’s keeping me out of the hospital though.

[ramonesfreak]

Originally Posted by Chocaholic

Pfizer’s next gambit. Hope it works better than their vax. So...what are the side effects? If we don’t hear it on Pelican, we certainly won’t hear it from the “experts”.

Very awful taste in mouth which is well known. Very bad intestinal issues. Very intense and weird dreams…..that could be Covid though? I was just wondering if anyone else had taken it and what happened.

[red-beard]

I don't know anyone who had the Pfizer or the other intravenous anti-viral. I know people who had monoclonal antibodies.

[cabmandone]

Do you have a "metallic" taste in your mouth? I didn't take Paxlovid but a strong metallic taste is a known side effect of covid as well as Paxlovid.

Get well!

[ramonesfreak]

Yea sorta...hard to explain. I can only describe it as a dark, dirty flavor. Sorta like Chet's greasy pork sandwich served in a dirty ash tray

[vash]

Originally Posted by ramonesfreak

Yea sorta...hard to explain. I can only describe it as a dark, dirty flavor. Sorta like Chet's greasy pork sandwich served in a dirty ash tray

certianly didnt dim your wit. that was funny!

my coworkers wife is coming off the same antiviral. and you know me; i had questions. she said no side affects at all and she felt the covid affects a mere 3 days. she said her doctor told her to retest after her 2 recent negative results because the drug can suppress the results. her work is looking for a third negative. her family didnt catch anything from her.

i hope you feel well soon.

[ramonesfreak]

Thanks

I got it from my wife. She bounced back pretty quick. One week after her testing positive, I got symptoms and tested positive.

I have diabetes and asthma and other issues so my doc gave me this med. Good thing because it started quickly moving into my lungs. It has kicked my ass pretty good but slowly improving after 6 days now

both of us vaxxed and boosters since December

[ramonesfreak]

[3rd_gear_Ted]

Call Bill Gates, he recently has Covid too.

[vash]

Originally Posted by 3rd_gear_Ted

Call Bill Gates, he recently has Covid too.

billionnaires are immuned? i dont get it. ahhhh...i think i get it. wait is this an Apple joke.?

[jyl]

Like any drug, Paxlovid has potential side effects.

Some I know of are:
- Metallic taste
- Diarrhea
- Very rarely, liver tox (watch self for jaundice, dark urine, lots of itching, abdominal pain, etc) - this is hardly unique to Paxlovid.

More discussed is that it is incompatible with certain other medications. The ritonavir component in Paxlovid, which slows your body's clearance of the antiviral component nirmatrelvir, also slows clearance of some other drugs, which means those other drugs can build to undesirable levels in your body.

There is a list of those contraindicated drugs, that your doc or pharmacist should have (did?) check. If you're on one, you'd stop taking them (or greatly reduce dose) during the five day Paxlovid course.

I am trying hard to avoid getting Covid, if I did get it I'd be seeking a course of Paxlovid ASAP.

None of this is particularly unusual. Even the ritonavir, which is used in many other drugs for the same purpose. So don't be put off, its just something to watch.

[red 928]

Originally Posted by ramonesfreak

Sorta like Chet's greasy pork sandwich served in a dirty ash tray

long before they used that in weird science, it was a cartoon in national lampy

maybe late 70's
takes me back

[Tobra]

so there is a treatment for covid now, guess we can get rid of that EUA deal

[cabmandone]

How ya doin freak??

[ramonesfreak]

alive. outside finally. able to mow lawn. like summer here. last treatment tonight. by tomorrow i should be good. thanks

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by ramonesfreak

alive. outside finally. able to mow lawn. like summer here. last treatment tonight. by tomorrow i should be good. thanks

Awesome!!! Don't push it too much. Temps have been crazy here this week too!

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by 3rd_gear_Ted

Call Bill Gates, he recently has Covid too.

I heard him talking with Jake Tapper on the radio. He said Paxlovid isn't effective unless you take it early, like before you're symptomatic.