Nirmatrelvir / ritonavir and Fever: What Users Say (Page 2)

• Ant...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 12, 2022

For COVID-19 "Started Paxlovid day 3 of the Omicron variant. I had “severe” headache, fever, chills, congestion, cough, SOB, general malaise. After day 2 of treatment, I was significantly better. I went from feeling so bad from the severe headache to feeling so much better. Yes, a very strong sour metallic aftertaste 24/7 until treatment was completed. Gladly, I can tolerate that in exchange for Covid relief symptoms. I would definitely recommend it. I am high risk, cardiac, asthma, etc. Better to have a bad aftertaste than to be sick enough for hospitalization or death."

• ups...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 23, 2022

For COVID-19 "In my opinion, I do not recommend this medicine to anyone because there are still studies to finish. The government approves it because there is a big business behind it. But in my particular case, after taking it almost two weeks ago, today I am worse. With much more coughing, my chest is congested to the maximum and a high fever. I have more symptoms now than when I started with COVID. DO NOT TAKE THAT MEDICINE, THEY ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH US."

• Hel...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 20, 2022

For COVID-19 "I’m a 43-year-old Asian healthy female. I attained Paxlovid after my husband had Covid two days before me, but he decided not to take it after concerns for his blood pressure. I was on day 5 of symptoms of lethargy, poor appetite, body aches, fever, chills, headache, and loss of smell and taste when I started it. The metallic taste was the worst the first two days, especially at night. It didn’t subside until I stopped taking the medicine. I was able to test negative two days after completing two days of pills. There was a minor boost in energy, and my sense of smell and taste returned halfway by the completion of the medication. It wasn’t pleasant, but I don’t think that I could have felt better and tested negative sooner."

• TMC...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 28, 2022

For COVID-19 "A Wednesday I started sneezing and having fatigue, Thursday coughing and nausea and tested negative that night. Friday all of my symptoms were worse and in addition I started fainting, vomiting and developing fevers and at an urgent care I tested positive Friday. Made an appointment the next Monday with my doctor who had me start Paxlovid for my risk. In the first 30 minutes of the first dose I had a fuming taste in my mouth that was coming out of my throat consistently. The taste would fluctuate from bad to worse during the 5-day dosage. I had body aches and diarrhea the first 2 to 3 hours after each dose. I had a headache twice while taking it. All of my other initial Covid symptoms except nausea went away while I was on Paxlovid. I could not eat very well due to loss of taste while taking. Two days after completing the dosage I am slowly tasting again. I started mildly coughing and having congestion after completing. Just knowing the potential of hospitalization it was worth its symptoms to me."

• Omi...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 21, 2022

For COVID-19 "Not sure it’s working. Monday very minor scratchy throat, that evening chills and fever from 100 to 103.5 during the night, terrible headache, pain in ear, pain in back of head, felt like a bad case of the flu. Tuesday I tested positive, my doc called and suggested Tylenol and Advil alternative every 4 hours, Mucinex, saline in nose, lots of fluid, and prescribed Paxlovid. I’m 58, in great health. She said I had Omicron and a worse case compared to others. I was apprehensive to take the meds, that evening around 9 o’clock I was almost symptom-free. Next day, Wednesday afternoon, started with a runny nose and feeling like I had a head cold, so I took the prescription that evening. I woke up with a vicious sore throat and horrible taste in my mouth. Mint gum helps a lot! I called my doctor, she strongly urged me to continue taking the meds because my symptoms could become worse and the sore throat could’ve been a result of me not taking Paxlovid more timely."