Heart Drugs and Covid Treatments

[Harvist]

I caught covid last March. Although tortuous, the 111, NHS route worked for me and I received the sotrovimab infusion in my local hospital. 111 had passed my info onto the response team and a pharmacist contacted me promptly. She wanted to give me paxlovid but reading my notes as we spoke she said she wasn't sure I was eligible because of heart drugs I had been prescribed earlier this year.

I had gone to A&E with chest pains and they did all the tests and admitted me for three days. An angiogram revealed build ups on some arteries that did not need a stent or any more dramatic action but did require the full range of drugs for high blood pressure, chloresterol, platelets etc.

Researching the drugs I have been taking the only one that seems to be in conflict with the administration of paxlovid is Atorvastatin. I am not being treated for CLL, I am still on Watch&Wait.

Has anyone else been told that they are not suitable for paxlovid?

I have contacted my cardio specialist by email and he has referred the whole enquiry to my GP. Much as I love my doctor I can't see how he has the specialist knowledge to answer my queries.

I am worried now that sotrovimab will be removed from the list of treatments and paxlovid will be much easier to receive.