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COVID, Paxlovid and other treatments for COVID
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Jun 18, 2023 | Replies (63)Comment receiving replies
Hi @ophelia137, welcome. You'll notice that I moved your message to this existing discussion:
- COVID, Paxlovid and other treatments for COVID https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/covid-and-paxlovid/
I did this so you can connect with members like @dmbteach222 @windyt @tiredmommy and others who also have experience with Paxlovid and dealing with GI symptoms like nausea etc.
Ophelia, did you share your side effects with your care team? Might they offer you alternative?
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Yes, don’t take paxlovid in empty stomach and keep taking it if your dr agrees. It’s the only thing to reduce severity of symptoms that works and can still hold up against all variants.
My stomach settled down afterwards, so yes taste is bad but a few tips I wish I had thought about:
— drink lots of fluids
—eat food before taking each dose; not just a bite of something but real food
—take probiotics as it’s an antiviral and you can get yeast infection or skin fungal infection if you aren’t doing some sort of probiotic. I wish I hadn’t stopped my probiotics while dealing with Covid.
—consider low histamine foods to help reduce inflammation in gut. Avoid dairy and gluten, if possible.
Big wishes for speedy recovery. Talk with your dr and here’s to strong healing. 🥰
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Thank you so much for connecting me. I messaged my doctor but she hasn't responded yet. I was finally able to get up and let the dogs out. If paxlovid has a half life of 6 to 8 hours maybe it is getting out of my system. I'm going to go with my gut, pun intended, and discontinue use.