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Posted by10 hours ago

Did anyone get the liver side effects

I had covid a few short weeks ago, I wasn't feeling great so I called my doctor's office for paxlovid. I was a candidate for it so took it. The last day of dosage hit me like a ton of bricks later that evening! High fever , darker urine, stomach discomfort, cramping in the liver area, dizziness, shortness of breath just taking my neighbors dogs out the following day. Also mimicked my internal bleed I had over ten years ago. Felt like I'd black out randomly.

This lasted about 3.5 days. So naturally I looked up side effects and it stated if you get the liver side effects it means you may have something underlying. I took blood work last Friday and my doctor wants to go over the results inperson this upcoming week. I'm a little nervous. Did anyone go through this and did you end up having any underlying issues with your organs?

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Posted by6 hours ago

Anyone not get a rebound Covid experience after completing Paxlovid?

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I tested positive on Tuesday but experienced symptoms on Monday. Started Pax on Tuesday evening and felt better by Thursday morning. Completely symptom free Friday and up to today, so I just tested and it's negative. I still have three more Paxlovid tabs to take tomorrow morning which I will.

All I'm reading in this sub is everyone rebounding on Paxlovid. Has anyone not rebounded and done well after finishing the medicine? I'm pretty convinced I'm going to rebound and I'm going to be pissed. Honestly, if I could go back in time, I wish I didn't take Pax to begin with. My doctor recommended it, and I listened without researching on my own. Now everyone rebounds on it. Had I not taken it, maybe my rebound chances would be minimal. I could've just rode out the symptoms. Oh well.

Edit: I'll also add that I experienced three symptoms which were Fever, Cough, and Lethargy. The fever was about 100.3, the cough was hacking and sucked to be honest, and I had no energy.

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Posted by18 hours ago

Does anyone know why Pax cannot be cut?

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Just curious if anyone has been able to talk to a pharmacist about this. I spoke to a lady who could not swallow pills and had to crush them, and she was given the ok to crush her pax. I’m just wondering if they’re not wanting people to cut the pills so the dose isn’t changed, or if there’s a reason beyond that that it’s not safe to cut these.

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Posted by5 days ago

Still Testing Positive?!

I tested positive for Covid on 5/23 and started paxlovid on 5/24. I finished the full 5 days of paxlovid and my tests were still positive but the lines were a little fainter. I never tested negative. About 5 days after finishing paxlovid, the test lines were now back to dark positive. It’s now 6/6 and I’m still having dark positive tests!

Now my symptoms cleared up after a couple days of paxlovid and haven’t returned. I’ve felt fine for nearly two weeks. But it’s so frustrating that I still have a dark/strong positive test.

Did anybody else test positive for this long? I’m back at work with a mask (since it’s been over 10 days since initial symptoms), I can’t shake the thought that I could still be contagious.

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Posted by6 days ago

what happens if i stop paxlovid early

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Posted by6 days ago

Kidney pain?

Did anyone get kidney pain on this? I’m having pain on my right mid-lower back. Not sure if this is kidney pain, or pain from literally being stuck in bed or couch since Thursday night? My doctor said it should be safe for my kidneys and I’m on the kidney dose (normal GFR at 120, but signs of CKD for years) but I’m still concerned. Hoping it’s just muscular and coincidence, a bit nervous to take my next dose.

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