Some people are experiencing 'Paxlovid rebound' after taking the COVID antiviral pill. Here's what you should know.

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When the antiviral medication Paxlovid was approved to treat COVID-19, doctors began noticing a perplexing trend among some patients: a rebound of the virus. Scientists are not sure why this rebound effect occurs, but here are a few things we do know.

against hospitalization and death and can also offer a substantial benefit even to vaccinated patients diagnosed with COVID-19.“I don’t think we need to push Paxlovid in every 20-year-old who comes down with COVID or 35-year-old who’s healthy,” Dr. Bruce Farber, chief of public health and epidemiology at Northwell Health, the largest health care system in New York state, told Yahoo News.

Farber also said that another reason Paxlovid is being underutilized has to do with the virus itself. “More recent data suggests that rebound also occurs in people who recover from COVID who have not gotten Paxlovid, and it occurs at probably similar rates, whether you take Paxlovid or not,” Farber said, adding that rebound cases after taking the drug were initially thought to occur in roughly 5% of cases but that research has shown itWhat to do if you experience Paxlovid rebound

 

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My experience with the pfizer Paxlovid I started on 11/26, the 1st day I tested positive. Notice how it went negative and then back to positive. Aside from the metallic taste, which I masked by sucking on cough drops, it was a light experience, thank God.

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