Some coronavirus-positive patients who have completed treatment of the anti-COVID drug Paxlovid are rebounding into illness, and experts are urging people to be cautious if they develop COVID-like symptoms again and become infectious.
It’s unclear how often “post-Paxlovid rebound” occurs, but University of California, San Francisco Department of Medicine chair Dr. Robert Wachter said he knows of at least one person who completed Paxlovid treatment and then became infectious again, spreading the virus to other family members.
“It can happen,” Wachter tweeted. “If you develop recurrent symptoms and have a (positive) rapid test, you are infectious. Please act accordingly.”
