Anyone familiar with Paxlovid?

Had Covid in June. I'm 66 and took Paxlovid. No side effects other than a wicked nasty taste from the pills. I'd say do it.

Yes.. I tested positive in August after 2.5 years not being vaccinated, or boosted & never got Covid until this. They gave me Paxlovid & isolated 5 days..then tested negative after 5 days. I had lingering annoying cough but it eventually disappeared. Tell them OK to Paxlovid ! BTW, I’m 63 years old with no health issues other than burnout & depression from my 95 year old nasty mean mother with dementia.
Hugs 🤗

My mother, had covid in May 2021 with no symptoms and then in July this year with symptoms. She is 91 with medical conditions, CHF, pacemaker, AFib, high blood pressure, neuropathy, and history of diabetes. In July this year, the doctor did put her on Paxlovid. I was concerned about her taking it and since I've always monitored her blood pressure and O2 levels due to medical issues, I checked them more often while on the Paxlovid. She did not have relapse of covid after taking Paxlovid. I did a Google search on Paxlovid and it did give some medication precautions.

My in laws had covid twice. First go around, mil got remdesivir. Second time, they both got pavolxid.

The cdc has been clear from the start that pavloxid most benefits people on Medicare who utilize Medicare the most, including the severely immunocompromised.

My SIL's husband (diabetic, stage 3 kidney disease) did just fine with it, no side effects beyond the terrible taste in his mouth, no rebound infection.
My BIL (obese, on warfarin, early kidney disease) did not even think to ask for it and the doctor he spoke to didn't offer it. He was ill but nothing major.

My mother got violently sick (throwing up) on Paxlovid, but my cousin took it and was fine, although the Covid symptoms came back after she finished her course of Paxlovid.

Everything I've heard with Paxlovid is that it seems to let people test negative after a few days, then they pop up positive again a week later. It happened to both the Bidens and to a friend of mine. It almost seems like a placebo for all the good it does.

I just got over Covid a couple of weeks ago. I never had Paxlovid, never felt all that bad, and didn't even get a cough until Day 12. I tested negative at last on Day 14 while still coughing a bit, and now a month after I first got it, I'm fine except for having little sense of taste.

The Mayo Clinic told my DH NOT to take Paxlovid in the event he contracts the virus b/c it tends to create more harm than good for many people. He's a liver transplantee with a suppressed immune system, so one would think he'd be a 'prime candidate' for Paxlovid and also for another Covid monoclonal antibody treatment that's being given out, but they nixed that one too.

Not to mention, if a person is 'asymptomatic', up until now, that means she's NOT SICK. Yet in the current Covid climate, the 'experts' take it to mean the person IS sick and should take all sorts of treatments!

Do whatever you'd like with regard to your mother, but I just thought I'd tell you what the Mayo Clinic had to recommend for my DH.

Wishing your mom the best of luck.

I'm not sure there is any benefit to taking Paxlovid when you are asymptomatic or even if you have have mild symptoms. And there ARE side effects, although most people aren't bothered overly much by them.

https://www.goodrx.com/paxlovid/known-side-effects

I think it's a lot like deciding whether or not to take tamiflu when you've had a vaccine but there is influenza in your facility, it comes down to evaluating your personal risk.

Don't delay the start of Paxlovid. I am double vaxxed, double boosted, and still got Covid. I was prescribed and took Paxlovid. It's no big deal. I recovered quickly. Why not take the prescribed medication for the illness?

I do what my LO’s doctor says to do, and he’s seen her through 2 COVID infections (one before the vaccine was available, the second, very mild) and has been very responsive to her needs during her residential stay.

YRMV.