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freeformz 🏳️🌈I got a Paxlovid prescription. Should I get it and take it? #covid
Mateja@freeformz so some early research shows it can prevent or treat long covid. But the standard course isn’t long enough for that. Quite few folks get the rebound effect too. If you’re at risk or are around someone at risk it’s probably a good idea?
Sue Sullivan@freeformz depends on your age and risk factors. It's a modest reduction in LC risk (15pc??), but if you spend double the amount of time testing positive b/c u rebound, it is unclear whether that negates (or worse) the LC benefit of taking it.
Im 59 and have previously recovered from post viral chronic fatigue and I do not plan to take it. I have a prescription for metformin and have a protocol for taking that from an RCT study that found quicker recovery and 40pc reduction in LC risk. 1/2
@freeformz chance of rebound on pax about 20 percent per Stat News reporting of a new study out yesterday. In my circle, rate of Pax rebound is much higher than that, perhaps b/c we skew 40s and 50s with co morbidities of varying severity. We may be metabolizing it too quickly. My. 81yo mom is mid-pax rebound right now and miserable, getting COVID for the second time in six months from my sister, a high school teacher. 2/2
@SueSullivan thanks for the info. I decided to take it based on other experience reports.
@freeformz you should end up with a better outcome for it too, based on the various likelihoods. 🤞 and i hope you feel remarkably better very soon!
@freeformz it seems that #Paxlovid , like everything else associated with #COVID, is a spin of the roulette wheel. 🫠