FAQs about COVID-19:

 

If I get COVID, can I get treated with Remdesivir?

If you can’t take Paxlovid oral therapy, you may be eligible to take Remdesivir.  Use this link to sign up at Stanford:

https://stanfordhealthcare.org/discover/covid-19-resource-center/treatment-research/covid-19-outpatient-therapeutics.html

 

If I am immunosuppressed, how do I get Evusheld to protect me?

Evusheld is no longer effective with current variants so no longer being offered. 

 

If I get COVID, can I get treated with monoclonal antibody?

As of 11/21/22: none of the available monoclonal antibodies work for treatment of current variants so this is no longer a treatment option

 

What is Post Covid Conditions (PCC)?

This is also known as Long COVID.  It can affect patients with mild, moderate, and severe disease, both vaccinated and unvaccinated.  In the studies it can affect between 15 to 30% of unvaccinated people who get COVID.  This decreases to about 10 to 20% for vaccinated patients.  PASC causes many symptoms long term including shortness of breath, fatigue, palpitations, heart disease, liver disease and kidney disease.  See CDC link:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/clinical-care/post-covid-conditions.html

Stanford has a multidisciplinary PASC clinic (there is an over 1 year wait time):

https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-clinics/post-covid-clinic.html