I have been struggling with Long Covid for over 2 years- was vaxxed, boosted, fit marathon runner and Omicron hammered me despite Paxlovid for 5 days. Two things that might be interesting in terms of follow up studies: 1. I was just reinfected for the first time, which feels impossible considering I wear an N95 mask literally everywhere and don't allow people in my house without a Metrix test, but this time I took Pax for 10 days and didn't rebound. I did really well with my reinfection and about a month out, don't seem to have any additional LC strain. I know there have been some studies on prolonged Pax administration to avoid rebound and would be curious what you think. 2. I did have an uptick in restless leg syndrome this infection and, in general, since contracting Long Covid. I heard about Dr. Joffe's work out of Australia and pitched it to my LC specialist. He knows Dr. Joffee- very cool!- and prescribed Pramipexole, a dopamine agonist, as he is seeing a real dopamine depletion in LC patients. It has been a game changer.
I have been struggling with Long Covid for over 2 years- was vaxxed, boosted, fit marathon runner and Omicron hammered me despite Paxlovid for 5 days. Two things that might be interesting in terms of follow up studies: 1. I was just reinfected for the first time, which feels impossible considering I wear an N95 mask literally everywhere and don't allow people in my house without a Metrix test, but this time I took Pax for 10 days and didn't rebound. I did really well with my reinfection and about a month out, don't seem to have any additional LC strain. I know there have been some studies on prolonged Pax administration to avoid rebound and would be curious what you think. 2. I did have an uptick in restless leg syndrome this infection and, in general, since contracting Long Covid. I heard about Dr. Joffe's work out of Australia and pitched it to my LC specialist. He knows Dr. Joffee- very cool!- and prescribed Pramipexole, a dopamine agonist, as he is seeing a real dopamine depletion in LC patients. It has been a game changer.
1. I don't know of any studies on this. It's hard to say since it is only an n of 1, but I'm glad that it helped you.
2. Good to know. Have you filled out this info on Cure ID? It could help other people with Long COVID. https://cure.ncats.io/home
Thank you. Hope you’ll have a refreshing break next week.
Once again, a great recap.