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I’m traveling. Should I bring Paxlovid in case I get Covid?

And can you hook me up please?

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Ryan McCormick, M.D.
Apr 15, 2023
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One of the unspoken taboos of practicing medicine has been giving patients antibiotics upon request before they travel. But what about now, when they ask for the antiviral Paxlovid instead? Would stocking them up be such a bad idea? After all, getting Covid is still a roll of the dice in terms of disease severity, duration, and potential post-Covid c…

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