In case anyone’s interested, I had Covid last week and got Paxlovid in a couple hours via an online doctor at Plushcare.
It does seem like some doctors on there won’t prescribe it if you don’t have a worrisome case, but my doctor was like “I’m not a gatekeeper, if you want it I’ll prescribe it”.
My plushcare doc also didn’t ask for a test (although even on video I was very visibly sick, which may have helped). She did ask for kidney test results, which I had to look up on my doctor’s website and read out to her.
In case anyone’s interested, I had Covid last week and got Paxlovid in a couple hours via an online doctor at Plushcare.
It does seem like some doctors on there won’t prescribe it if you don’t have a worrisome case, but my doctor was like “I’m not a gatekeeper, if you want it I’ll prescribe it”.
did you need a positive test? Rapid antigen tests are notorious for false negatives.
did you need to present some sort of health condition? if so, what kind of health condition do you recommend using?
I told her I had taken 2 cue tests, both came back positive.
I had mild flu symptoms, didn’t present anything else.
Did you have to show her the cue tests or send her the data?
My plushcare doc also didn’t ask for a test (although even on video I was very visibly sick, which may have helped). She did ask for kidney test results, which I had to look up on my doctor’s website and read out to her.
She said I’d have to upload one to the app, but then it didn’t prompt me for it, so no.