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Did PAXLOVID also relieve your arthritis and autoimmune symptoms?

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@val64

Have you ever tried just taking ritonavir, without the nirmatrelvir? Nirmatrelvir is necessary for treating COVID, but it doesn't sound like anyone here has tested whether is is necessary for the effect on their autoimmune symptoms.

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annewoodmayo | @annewoodmayo | Oct 5, 2023

Hi Val 64,

That's interesting!

Have you tried it? What kind of doctor prescribes ritonavir? Immunologist?

All of my docs are reluctant to try anything atypical.

Thanks!

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allette3939 | @allette3939 | Oct 5, 2023

Great question. I have not taken ritonavir alone because I strongly suspect that my autoimmunity is the result of a severe norovirus I had in adolescence. My most prominent symptoms are gastrointestinal. Noroviruses, as I understand it, are related to, or similar to, coronaviruses. For this reason, I suspect both parts of Paxlovid work well for me. Researchers know that noroviruses can cause autoimmune disorders. What I don’t understand is WHY it’s taken so long for them to figure out that antivirals plus boosters like ritonavir for HIV work well for other autoimmune disorders. I guess because AI disorders mostly affect women? If autoimmunity led predominately to erectile dysfunction, this would have handled 50 years ago.

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