[dsnrbec]

Thanks, everyone my doc at The Villages Health offered nothing other than a suggested list of OTC stuff for symptoms. She said if I got worse to go to the ER. Glad some had good luck with Paxlovid. Time for me to find a new doctor, I think.

[Lisanp@aol.com]

Go to aspr.hhs.gov/Testtotreat to find where you can get tested and if you are eligible receive an authorized treatment for COVID 19.

[certcars]

Not true. You can get a prescription for Paxlovid over the phone from your PC or even from a pharmacist.

[Remembergoldenrule]

The vaccines are not a preventative shot just like pneumonia shot.Covid shots are to reduce the effects and complications. This is reason less deaths. There isn’t a preventative shot because it is a mutating virus. That is why there are boosters for each new mutation. The only true prevention is to stop breathing as it is air born. I’m not ready for the prevention side effects so I get the boosters and keep living and enjoying my life the best I can for the time I have left.

Really comes down to genetics. The same reason some people can smoke everyday of their life and never get lung cancer and others never get smoke and die from lung cancer. Do what you can to prevent then love each day to fullest.
Sitting around worrying about dying is not living.

[jmpate]

Originally Posted by dsnrbec

I’m curious if anyone who is part of The Villages Health Care system has seen their doctor for C. I’m pretty sick but not sure if they would be able to do anything to help symptom wise. Any advice or experience?

Suggest you see your MD if ur quite ill with Flu/Covid symptoms esp if you have underlying medical conditions. Yes, they treat w/anti viral meds, antibiotics + a plethora of other meds if indicated.

Especially make an appt if ill longer than a week, bc viruses become bacterial Infections if they hang around longer than a week or so. As we age, we don't recover quickly and may in fact worsen faster just like children do bc we don't have the back up resources to fight illness.

Of course wear a mask to the appointment as it'll protect others and good luck!

[asiebel]

You should call or use the portal. You need medication and they can tell what over the counter things you need.

[Keefelane66]

Is been 2 days does the OP have covid or not, hospitalized in ICU or not. The thread goes on.

[Notsocrates]

Originally Posted by dsnrbec

I’m curious if anyone who is part of The Villages Health Care system has seen their doctor for C. I’m pretty sick but not sure if they would be able to do anything to help symptom wise. Any advice or experience?

You hesitate to ask your doctor for medical advice but you seek it on this forum? You're not thinking clearly.

[NotGolfer]

I had the plague twice. First time my pcp suggested the monoclonal therapy that one could go to Brownwood for---so I did that and it did help. A few months later I got the plague again so my pcp prescribed a steroid and an antibiotic (can't think of what it's called...z-something). Was more ill the first time. You can also take supplements...Vit. D, Vit C, GAC, Zinc to name a few.

[Reeds]

Originally Posted by Tvflguy

One data point here. We both contracted Covid last Thursday from a “friend” at golf and lunch after. I began to feel flulike stuff last Sat morning. Wife was ok. We had some unused Covid tests and we took one. I was positive she was not.

Damn, each of us vaxed twice and twice boosted. After my positive test we called the Friend, they tested he was positive. They just got back from a trip to NY, planes, hotel….

I called my Dr - Premier Medical thru Freedom Health. The Dr on duty Sat prescribed Paxlovid, a five day RX. So this is day 3.5 and I’m doing well. No fever. Cough just about gone. Nasal fine, never lost taste, smell. Lucky as I have COPD. Test this am still shows positive.

Now my wife has The Villages Health. She tested positive Sunday and called the Dr Offc. The duty Dr did not want to prescribe any meds for her Covid. Just tea cough drops Tylenol rest etc. she’s doing ok but not as good as me. They gave her no reason why to not prescribe RX

So be it. All in all glass is half full. We got it even being double vaxed boosted. A seemingly mild case. I did not die with COPD and Covid. And now we will develop more antibodies. Life goes on.

When I had Covid, I spoke with a Dr. over the phone. After a series of questions regarding age, weight and pre existing conditions, he determined that I was not a candidate for the prescription.
Perhaps your wife is also not old enough, fat enough or unhealthy enough to qualify?

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by MandoMan

If it rebounds, another course of Paxlovid usually takes care of it. Sometimes one course isn’t enough. It’s okay to take it again.

My doctor didnt suggest it but in any case rebound was rather mild.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

You may be sure, but I'm not. They don't get paid to talk on the phone, and usually don't write a prescription without seeing you. I think you would need an in-office visit or an official telehealth appointment in order to get a prescription.

They might write an rx without seeing you. It depends on what you're calling about. It's not a blanket "no." My doctor participates in telehealth, so yes - if I had the symptoms of COVID, and took a home test and it came up positive, and I was able to present that information over the phone to my doctor, he would likely write up that prescription.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by sdeikenberry

Unlike other vaccinations, being vaccinated for COVID does not prevent you from getting COVID. The purpose of being vaccinated is that it greatly lessens the symptoms and usually prevents hospitalization.

It also reduces the risk of contracting it in the first place. notice - "reduces the risk." That means something that isn't equal to "prevents." It doesn't prevent you from getting COVID. It reduces the risk of getting it.

I know you aren't one of them - but some people reading your post will get hung up on that, as they always do when this subject comes up.

[JMintzer]

Several people on this thread have very short memories...

[Whitley]

Originally Posted by Remembergoldenrule

The vaccines are not a preventative shot just like pneumonia shot.Covid shots are to reduce the effects and complications. This is reason less deaths. There isn’t a preventative shot because it is a mutating virus. That is why there are boosters for each new mutation. The only true prevention is to stop breathing as it is air born. I’m not ready for the prevention side effects so I get the boosters and keep living and enjoying my life the best I can for the time I have left.

Really comes down to genetics. The same reason some people can smoke everyday of their life and never get lung cancer and others never get smoke and die from lung cancer. Do what you can to prevent then love each day to fullest.
Sitting around worrying about dying is not living.

How do we know the shots and boosters reduce symptoms? Because they say so? Last month more vaccinated people died from covid (there is another discussion) than non-vaccinated people. With about 72% of the total population having received at least the 2 original shots, it would make sense that more would die, be hospitalized vs the non vaxxed, except that we are told it prevents, or reduces the symptoms of covid. It is not like comparing blue eyes group to brown eyes group. The 72% are meant to gain immunity (original thought) or decreased symptoms. On to Paxlovid; recently the WHO has reported something called the Covid Rebound for vaccinated individuals treated with Paxlovid. Worried about losing more credibility, they report Paxlovid rebound patients did not show drug resistance or impaired immunity; UC San Diego study suggests insufficient drug exposure was most likely cause. Most likely? Ok. I have gone from Pro Covid vaccine, to being for each person to decide what is best for them. It is difficult to know what to believe anymore. I put some trust in Dr Campbell (see his daily reports online). He seems to be open to views based on new data.