Please, listen to gas_dr. Seriously. This is literally life and death.
When President Trump was so sick with COVID-19 that he went into the hospital, they didn’t mess around with a bunch of Internet nonsense. They gave him monoclonal antibody therapy. And it turned him around immediately. He called it a miracle drug. You’ll hear a lot of different opinions from anonymous people on the Internet, but pay attention to what worked for the President of the United States of America. If it was good enough for President Trump, you know it’s the best thing available.
gas_dr/Mom MD: any advice for how someone who’s progressing in this illness can get their hands on monoclonals if their regular doctor isn’t providing that option? Is there any established protocol for how they can find a provider willing to give them this life-saving treatment?
yes would love this info as our primary doctor won’t and getting to see any other regular doctor won’t happen
Any ER or urgent care should be able to arrange it. Please seek medical attention. ivermectin is not the magic cure some make it out to be
It's hard to understand why doctors don't help in some form other than tell people to go home and sleep it off, but at this time, your early supportive therapy seems to have been ineffective (I've not heard of alternating days of ivermectin, for instance).
With the taste and smell now gone, you are running the risk of long-term issues. The sense loss often comes back, but a close friend of mine doesn't have his back after six months and some of his favorite foods are repulsive and he has to ask his wife and kids if he actually smells okay before going out.
If you have comorbidities, like my friend had, it's time to take it to the next level. I'm sorry it's come to that for you, but hospital care in your town won't be as bad as in NYC.