Just diagnosed with COVID. Any suggestion for treatment

I'm so sorry you are ill with COVID. You might check with your doctor about taking a little Paxlovid. I found this info online:
"There is little data about Paxlovid usage in CKD patients. Patients with moderate CKD (30 ≤ eGFR < 0 ml/min) need to reduce the dosage of Paxlovid because the impaired renal function may affect the metabolism of the drug and patients with severely CKD (eGFR < 0 ml/min) are not recommended to use this drug.Jun 25, 2023
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc
Paxlovid for hospitalized COVID-19 patients with ... - NCBI"

Hope you heal quickly.

@codered032 Well, dang! I agree with taking some Paxlovid, and hopefuly you can get a message sooner than Tuesday from your doctor. Is any type of an answering service that can get a emergency message to him? You would need to get that medication on board quickly, even at a reduced dosing.

Rest as you feel you need to, stay hydrated, isolate.
And here are my hugs to you,
Ginger

Buy an O2 finger sensor and if your body stops processing oxygen go to emergency room normally 90 to 96 percent with covid oxygen will drop off to zero and your dead

I agree with Dave about using an oximeter (finger oxygen & heartbeat tracker). Like Ginger, I hope you can get onto Paxlovid quickly. Please update us.

So grateful for this group. Thanks to all who offered advice and support for my COVID dx. I left Urgent Care confused and disoriented after being told I was not a candidate for PAXLOVID. I woke up Sunday morning feeling like I was in crisis, so I went to University Hospital ER. There the rude nurse promptly told me that there was nothing the hospital could do to treat me. She advised me to go home and rest and stay hydrated. Thanks to advice from the group, I insisted on being evaluated. I met with the head doctor of ER. I informed him of my Mayo Support Group, information from CDC and the National Kidney Foundation. The Head of ER immediately scheduled a group conference with my nephrology treatment team, the hospital pharmacy and diseases management team. I explained that I was in remission from CKD and my goals were to treat COVID with as little damage to my body as possible. Once he realized I had a support team, Mayo Support group, my treat plan changed. I was given an order for PAXLOVID 300mg every 12 hours for 5days. Had I not been informed of my options I would have been discharged with nothing. I have had two doses of PAXLOVID, breathing easier but still extremely fatigued. Being able to advocate for myself made all the difference in my treatment.

What a great medical success story! So happy you got treatment! Wishing you complete healing from COVID with no further CKD damage. Please keep us posted. ♡

Well, this is my third week after diagnosis of Covid and I was not lucky enough to have an ER doctor or nephrologist willing to prescribe Paxlovid. I an 8 months post kidney transplant. I feel a heaviness in my chest still but 02 levels 96-98%, and my transplant center says to rest, drink lots of fluids, walk when you can. I do also have some moderate fluid around my heart and must left a msg for my cardiologist to see if this fluid is causing the light headedness. How long do kidney patients post transplant suffer from Covid if they were not lucky enough to get Paxlovid? So glad @codered032 was able to get this added help.

I hope you can get relief from COVID symptoms soon. I have not had a transplant, my dx is MCD. I’m spilling protein in my urine. I admit it took some arm twisting to get PAXLOVID. I received a call from my nephrologist today reminding me not to take Tac while on PAXLOVID. I would check with NephCure for additional information. It may be because of other medications that you are required to take because of your recent transplant. I have learned that there is no one treatment for everything. Learn as much as you can about all of your medications and how they may interact with each other. I have to frequently remind other doctors that I can’t take any anti-inflammatory medication. Praying for feel better soon.

@codered032 How are you feeling, now?
Ginger

Thank you for asking. I am feeling good. No symptom from COVID. My current labs indicate that I am back in remission. How are you doing?