COVID-19 Treatments
CDC video which explains in English and American Sign Language how treatments work and where to get them.
The FDA approved three antiviral medications to treat COVID-19 in people who are not hospitalized. All of them are most effective if you start taking them as soon as possible after you get sick, ideally within 5 days of the start of your symptoms. These drugs stop the virus that causes COVID-19 from making copies of itself in your body, which means you get less sick and are less likely to need to go to the hospital. The drugs are most important for people who are very likely to get very sick if they get COVID-19.
You need a prescription for COVID-19 treatments. To get a prescription you can:
Call your regular doctor, or
If you are uninsured, or do not have a regular doctor, you can call One Community Health at 541-296-4610.
Until March 31, 2024, you can use the service provided by Oregon Health Authority on this webpage. You will talk to a doctor for free over the phone or on video who can prescribe you a COVID-19 treatment, or
Until April 16, 2024, you can use the Home Test To Treat program to get prescribed treatment through telehealth.
Your doctor might prescribe you one of these three antiviral medicines - Paxlovid, remdesivir (also called Veklury), and molnupiravir (also called Lagevrio.)
Paxlovid is a pill that you take at home for 5 days. It treats people who are at least 12 years old and who do not have serious liver or kidney diseases.
Remdesivir is an injection, so if the doctor prescribes this drug you will have to go into a clinic once a day for 3 days in a row. It can treat adults and children, including children as young as a month old.
Molnupiravir is a pill that you take at home for 5 days. It is only for adults, who are at least 18 years old, and who are not pregnant or breastfeeding.
If you have questions, ask your doctor or primary care provider.