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Hi @jhamil01 , hope you are feeling better now. Would you mind telling which doctors are prescribing Paxlovid for treatment of long Covid. Were you part of a clinical trial? Thank you

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I’m replying just because I am in a similar situation. I had very adverse reactions to the vaccines. I was debilitated after my second Pfizer vaccine in April of 2021. I was told that I was insane even though I could barely walk. My inflammation markers were through the roof. I tested positive for RA even though I’d never had any signs of RA before in my life. I was an athlete. I kept trying to continue with life, but it was killing me. I didn’t respond to treatment for RA. I failed to mention that I started losing weight rapidly after vaccine #2. I got Covid in April of this year and because I was now considered immune compromised, I took paxlovid. Almost all of my post vaccine symptoms were gone and Covid was minimal. Fever went away in 24 hours. Never got to my lungs. The sad part is that my vaccine symptoms came back quickly. It took me a year to get on the 15 day paxlovid trial. I’m not on a trial per se because I am actually getting the medication and not a placebo. I just started two and a half days ago. My vaccine injury symptoms had progressed so I’m not feeling that amazing feeling yet. I’m trying to be hopeful, but it’s hard. I do not have long covid. This all started with the vaccines. Swollen joints, muscle wasting and pain. 15 pounds underweight. I know that Stanford, Yale and Mayo are doing the trial. I found a local physician in the Bay Area who is treating long covid and vaccine injuries. Bay Area in California. I don’t have any respiratory issues because COVID was so mild - likely from the paxlovid. I do feel like my life is over and I’m not sure what Plan X (by now) will look like if I don’t show improvement. I was in the ER a month ago due to so much weakness. It was looking neurological. I’m seeing a neurologist in a week. I’m trying to give this a shot. I feel that if I had been heard over the past two years that I would not be this bad. I went from being an athlete to ruined. I can’t even drive at the moment. I’m still trying to work because I’m self employed and work from home. If I stop working now, if I live, I will have used all of my savings for retirement. I will update when I can.

I had it prescribed by a friend of mine and I was not enrolled in a clinical trial. It had no effect on my symptoms.
Otherwise I am still battling. I wish you luck.