{"id":21333,"date":"2023-03-15T15:56:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T15:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=21333"},"modified":"2024-11-06T22:05:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T22:05:55","slug":"do-i-need-to-take-the-full-five-days-of-paxlovid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/21333","title":{"rendered":"I am HIV positive &#8211; do I need to take the full five days of Paxlovid?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, how are you doing?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks &#8211; hope you are doing okay.<\/p>\n<p>As with any medicine, please follow the advice and information about how to take it.<\/p>\n<p>If any symptoms worry you, please contact your doctor. i-Base can link to information but your doctor is responsible for prescribing your meds.<\/p>\n<p>The symptoms you have mentioned are common side effects of Paxlovid.<\/p>\n<p>Even while testing negative, stopping early can risk more severe illness. If you do want to stop sooner please speak with a doctor first.<\/p>\n<p>Josh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was diagnose with HIV in 2018, RITA test showed recent infection and on ARV&#8217;s straightway. <\/p>\n<p>I am on Biktarvy,  with undetectable viral load and no other health issues. <\/p>\n<p>However, I tested positive for Covid last Tuesday.  I was advised to start Paxlovid. On day 3, metallic taste in mouth, stomach cramps.  <\/p>\n<p>Do I really need to take this 5 day course or can I stop now? I tested negative for Covid today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,54,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adherence","category-all-topics","category-covid-19","category-stopping-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21333"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25604,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21333\/revisions\/25604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}