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Hypothetically, if one had good reason to believe a certain medication/treatment would work, and has some degree of risk-tolerance, they could acquire said medication online from other countries without trying to convince some doctor willing to listen to prescribe it.

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People have and have been successful. Especially repurposing HIV/AIDS drugs and ordering Paxlovid from India. Mostly due to USA prices being ridiculously high and insurance companies refusing to prescribe more than a 5 day dose.

The other major challenge is that certain approved drugs in other countries can be held by shipping due to FDA approval.

Not sure why you would be taking Paxlovid for long covid.

There is rationale in the science article I posted above. The current hypothesis is viral reservoirs that are replication competent. Here is the blurb as well:

> Paxlovid targets virus that is rapidly replicating—which may or may not be the case for the virus lingering in Long Covid cases.

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