ME/CFS symptoms seemingly disappeared about ten months after Paxlovid for COVID
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Feb 2024
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
I took Paxlovid last June for COVID, and my CFS symptoms have seemingly disappeared :O
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
I took Paxlovid last June for COVID, and my CFS symptoms have seemingly disappeared :O
In context ↗
Summary
The Reddit user reports having CFS but gives no onset date or description of how severe it was. In April 2023, they said that after taking Paxlovid for COVID the previous June, their CFS symptoms had seemingly disappeared, about ten months later. They also said sublingual glutathione never agreed with them.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Paxlovid · Helped a lot
I took Paxlovid last June for COVID, and my CFS symptoms have seemingly disappeared :O
In context ↗ - sublingual glutathione · Worse
I have tried a sublingual form several times and it never agreed with me
In context ↗
Approaches: Antivirals
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| — | CFS onset (date not stated)my CFS symptomsIn context ↗ | |
| June 2022 | CFS symptoms seemingly disappeared after Paxlovid for COVIDI took Paxlovid last June for COVID, and my CFS symptoms have seemingly disappeared :OIn context ↗ | Paxlovid / nirmatrelvir |
| 2023-04-08 | Still reported CFS symptoms had seemingly disappeared |
Adverse events
- Glutathione“I have tried a sublingual form several times and it never agreed with me” In context ↗ Side effects
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