Anonymous wrote:Maybe your mistake was was taking pax to begin with. It was never tested in vaccinated people. You sound healthy. You honestly probably prolonged your bout with Covid by taking it. My husband was done in 3 days. My kids in 2. Took me 5 personally.

OP here. I have some extenuating circumstances (lung surgery in the past) that made me worry about Covid being potentially dangerous for me. But I had no idea Paxlovid was never tested in vaccinated people. Why?? The majority of people these days are vaccinated and still get Covid.

This is so strange. I actually read the leaflet that comes with Paxlovid - it's a mile long and repeatedly states that since this is an 'emergency approval', serious and potentially dangerous side effects can happen but nobody knows which ones since not enough people have taken the magic pill. Why was I prescribed questionable medication if it doesn't really work?

Well, that was a rhetorical question. Thanks for listening for my rant.

Anonymous wrote:If a drug only staves off symptoms and rebound happens constantly, it’s not a good drug

Rebound is more common than “they” say, but doesn’t happen in the vast majority of cases. It also happens without Paxlovid. In our family, 3 of us used it. I’m the only one who rebounded. I’m also the one with the most risk factors for a severe case.

As for “prolonging,” I don’t understand how something that limits viral multiplication can prolong anything. If there’s less virus to fight whatever immunity a person has has less work to do.

I think the course of Paxlovid is too short.