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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I test and ask my elderly mom to test in order to get Paxlovid quickly.  For both of us, it has made our symptoms disappear within hours.[/quote]

Unless you can't take it for some reason, why would anyone not get Paxlovid? The criteria to qualify are so broad that literally anyone can qualify. The government bought so much that they couldn't use it all before it expired. When I used it last year, the expiration date had been extended. I was using a prescription that had already expired based on it's original expiration date but not based on the extension. It still worked fine. I got better quickly. Then I got a rebound infection that felt like mild allergies for a couple of days (a lot of people talk about the rebound infections but mine was nothing).

Do people not know that you can get Paxlovid really easily?[/quote]
[b]The reason there are unused doses is that there is little demand.[/b] In addition to side effects that another PP mentioned, Paxlovid has not been shown to be effective for standard risk individuals. Most standard-risk individuals get better quickly from covid, with or without Paxlovid.  https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/therapies/antivirals-including-antibody-products/ritonavir-boosted-nirmatrelvir--paxlovid-/

In Pfizer's studies, the only cohort who was found to benefit were unvaccinated individuals at high risk of a severe outcome from covid. No positive link was found for vaccinated at high risk of progression or standard risk individuals. "The EPIC-SR [standard-risk] trial ... found that ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir did not reduce the duration of symptoms and did not have a statistically significant effect on the risk of hospitalization or death compared to placebo, although the event rates were low in this trial." The latter point is important. There were too few standard risk individuals who had severe outcomes from covid to tell if Paxlovid worked or not.[/quote]

The other reason is it's very expensive. We have great insurance and our co-pay was still over $300. We found out later that there's a co-pay card from Pfizer that'll pay for it, so we're now filing for a refund. https://www.paxlovid.com/enroll-in-co-pay-program

My DH is fully vaccinated but he quickly became very sick and Paxlovid helped him within a day.[/quote]
He was fully vaccinated but became very sick?[/quote]

Last got boosted in the fall, and, yes, had difficulty breathing and a high fever within 48 hours of getting sick. Late 50's, not overweight, exercises regularly, no risk factors. Very thankful he didn't get Covid pre-vaccine, pre-Paxlovid.[/quote]

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