Urgent care won’t prescribe Paxlovid??!!

[Anonymous]

My dad who is 73 finally caught Covid. He has several pre-existing conditions, so we took him to urgent care to get Paxlovid. They refused to prescribe it although he is symptomatic and has a positive test.

They claimed only his doctor can prescribe it. This does not seem right!

Would appreciate hearing from others, if you’ve had experiences with Paxlovid?

[Anonymous]

Keep trying to get it, OP. Call the urgent care back, call his PCP, look up how to get it through the county or state - many have “test to treat” programs that may still be operating. Your dad is the exact population Paxlovid is meant for. He should take it.

[Anonymous]

PP again - my 78 year old mom had Covid a year ago and had Paxlovid. It was still really terrible, and she ended up with some lingering heart troubles. The Paxlovid really did help - she began to feel less terrible within a day or two of starting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keep trying to get it, OP. Call the urgent care back, call his PCP, look up how to get it through the county or state - many have “test to treat” programs that may still be operating. Your dad is the exact population Paxlovid is meant for. He should take it.

Thank you. We’ve already checked several pharmacies in the area — their ads say the pharmacist will provide it, but when we call they tell us no! Very frustrating!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep trying to get it, OP. Call the urgent care back, call his PCP, look up how to get it through the county or state - many have “test to treat” programs that may still be operating. Your dad is the exact population Paxlovid is meant for. He should take it.

Thank you. We’ve already checked several pharmacies in the area — their ads say the pharmacist will provide it, but when we call they tell us no! Very frustrating!

Have you tried calling his PCP?

[Anonymous]

This happened to me, and I went to a different urgent care where they did prescribe it and it helped almost immediately. Not sure why some places are so uptight about this. It is a miracle

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP again - my 78 year old mom had Covid a year ago and had Paxlovid. It was still really terrible, and she ended up with some lingering heart troubles. The Paxlovid really did help - she began to feel less terrible within a day or two of starting.

I’m glad your mom was able to get Paxlovid and that she is doing ok. I’m very sorry she still has lingering heart issues, though. Very scary.

I’ve called another urgent care and they said it’s “provider specific” whether it would be prescribed or not. So it doesn’t seem worth a trip if they might still not prescribe it. It’s very disheartening!!!!

We’ll call his primary doctor tomorrow and see what happens, I guess. Thanks again!

[Anonymous]

Have you tried Patient First?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP again - my 78 year old mom had Covid a year ago and had Paxlovid. It was still really terrible, and she ended up with some lingering heart troubles. The Paxlovid really did help - she began to feel less terrible within a day or two of starting.

I’m glad your mom was able to get Paxlovid and that she is doing ok. I’m very sorry she still has lingering heart issues, though. Very scary.

I’ve called another urgent care and they said it’s “provider specific” whether it would be prescribed or not. So it doesn’t seem worth a trip if they might still not prescribe it. It’s very disheartening!!!!

We’ll call his primary doctor tomorrow and see what happens, I guess. Thanks again!

Call his PCP now. There should be an answering service that will pass the message on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep trying to get it, OP. Call the urgent care back, call his PCP, look up how to get it through the county or state - many have “test to treat” programs that may still be operating. Your dad is the exact population Paxlovid is meant for. He should take it.

Thank you. We’ve already checked several pharmacies in the area — their ads say the pharmacist will provide it, but when we call they tell us no! Very frustrating!

Have you tried calling his PCP?

We did call the PCP answering service but all they did was write down his information and said someone “will call tomorrow” . I can’t believe it but there was no on call doctor! This is with Johns Hopkins community medicine.

[Anonymous]

Too risky for them to prescribe to someone at his age without understanding possible co-morbidities. The answering service will pass the details to the doctor and if the doctor deems it an emergency will call you. And of course you can always take him to the ER.

[Anonymous]

When my dad got Covid at 78 he wasn’t allowed to have paxlovid bc there was an issue with one of his current medications. Not sure if they are hesitant because they don’t know his full history. Luckily my dad had a super mild case and was fine but if he has a PCP I would try to contact their after hours line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too risky for them to prescribe to someone at his age without understanding possible co-morbidities. The answering service will pass the details to the doctor and if the doctor deems it an emergency will call you. And of course you can always take him to the ER.

+1

My elderly mother was, like a PP, unable to take Paxlovid because of one of her other medications.

I hope your dad feels better soon.

[Anonymous]

call his PCP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep trying to get it, OP. Call the urgent care back, call his PCP, look up how to get it through the county or state - many have “test to treat” programs that may still be operating. Your dad is the exact population Paxlovid is meant for. He should take it.

Thank you. We’ve already checked several pharmacies in the area — their ads say the pharmacist will provide it, but when we call they tell us no! Very frustrating!

The pharmacy will provide it when the prescription is called in by the PCP. It doesn't mean the pharmacist will prescibe it. They don't have the training or privy to do so.