I just tested positive and I am at my in laws 10 hours from home! Should I take Advil or Tylenol?
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Anonymous
| What a mess. I tested before we came up here and was negative. Now 3 days later I am positive, fever at 99.7 and have chills all evening. I have been wearing my mask all day in their house which they think is ridiculous as they said every window in house is open and there’s a cool breeze. My legs are killing me, almost feels like flu. Should I take Tylenol or Advil to help offset my leg soreness and sleep. This sucks. Help! I am 43 and healthy for most part! If I go home, the drive will kick my butt and I already exposed them at this stage. |
Anonymous
| I'd stay in my room. Have spouse deliver my meals. |
Anonymous
| I'd take neither. Fever fights the virus. If it got 101+, then I'd take a pain reliever. Instead, I'd take CBD, C, zinc.. A study says CBD stopped viral replication. Good luck! |
Anonymous
| Ha - exactly the same here (at in-laws who we haven’t seen for 3 years because of Covid!). I have been taking Advil for fevers and isolating of course. |
Anonymous
| Tylenol and just stay in your room or check into a hotel |
Anonymous
| You can take either. Whatever you prefer is fine |
Anonymous
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Call your dr or Inova health in VA or u of MD.
They will do phone consult and call in meds. All free. Get it asap |
Anonymous
| I would check into a hotel to get lots of sleep and downtime. |
Anonymous
Can you elaborate on this ( the VA and MD ones) or provide weblink? Thanks |
Anonymous
| Just because you have already exposed them doesn't mean you aren't continuing to expose them now and for the next several days if you are near them. Hide away in a room with the door closed, use a separate bathroom if you can, and if in-laws are in an at-risk group, consider leaving the house. |
Anonymous
This |
Anonymous
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Look up Test to Treat in your area, and get evaluated for Paxlovid.
If you are in Maryland, go here: https://health.maryland.gov/newsroom/Pages/Maryland-Department-of-Health-and-partners-launch-COVID-Test-to-Treat-program-at-State-Center-in-Baltimore-City.aspx on that page click the link for the “self-referral” and someone from Baltimore will call you back, ask a few brief screening questions and then set up a telemedicine visit to be evaluated for Paxlovid. If you qualify, they will prescribe thru a local pharmacy. It is totally free to the patient - telehealth visit and medication. |
Anonymous
| Doc told me to take 3 ibuprofen three times a day. |
Anonymous
This Honestly they should be asking you to leave Or they should leave themselves I think you should drive home. How far away is home? |
Anonymous
Paxlovid won’t shorten Covid or improve symptoms. It will only help prevent hospitalization and death. |