Recently test positive for COVID-19 or were exposed?

COVID-19 medications are now available through your doctor, local pharmacies, and health clinics. If you have COVID-19 symptoms and test positive, do not wait to get treated. You must take oral COVID-19 medication within 5 days of your first COVID-19 symptoms.

How to find treatment:

Options for getting a prescription for COVID-19 medication include:

Contact your doctor, urgent care center, or insurance provider for an appointment. Video or phone appointments will work.
Call the statewide COVID-19 hotline at 833-422-4255.
Find a Test-to-Treat location near you. These sites can provide COVID-19 tests and also prescribe COVID-19 medications. To find a site use the COVID-19 Test to Treat Locator.
Some pharmacies may be able to give you a prescription for treatment. Call your pharmacy to see if they offer this service.

If you don’t have insurance or the options above don’t work:

Click here or call 833-686-5051 to make a free phone or video appointment through California’s COVID-19 telehealth service.

Note: If you are not able to get a prescription from your doctor, but think you should be eligible for treatment, click here or call 833-686-5051 to make a phone or video appointment with California’s free COVID-19 telehealth provider. You can also show your doctor CDPH’s recommendations on treatment.

What is the COVID-19 mAb treatment ?

COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies are proteins made in a lab. These antibodies are administered in an outpatient setting, either through an IV (as an infusion into your vein) or a subcutaneous injection (a shot under your skin). Either way, the treatment can be given in under an hour during a single visit.

These treatments can protect you from getting COVID-19 if you’ve been exposed and it can also treat COVID-19 before it becomes serious. This can save lives and stop you from needing to get admitted to the hospital.

What Madera County Pharmacies have COVID Medication?

Oakhurst

CVS – 40044 Street Hwy 49
Rite Aid – 49060 Road 426 (Paxlovid/Molnupiravir)
Von's – 40044 Hwy 49 (Paxlovid)

Chowchilla

Rite Aid – 48 Robertson Blvd (Paxlovid/Molnupiravir)

Madera

Camarena Health – 344 E 6^th Street, 93637 (Paxlovid/Molnupiravir)
CVS – 1400 Howard Rd, 93637 (Paxlovid/Molnupiravir)
CVS – 1109 Country Club Dr (Molnupiravir)
Rite Aid – 335 West Olive Ave, 93637 (Paxlovid/Molnupiravir)
Walgreens – 2020 W Cleveland Ave, 93637(Paxlovid/Molnupiravir)
Walgreens – 41169 Goodwin Way, 93636
Walgreens – 1300 W Yosemite Ave, 93637

Evusheld is allocated to Valley Children’s Hospital (VCH)

Are treatments pills, injections or IVs?

See the complete, up to date list at the "Get the Facts on COVID-19 Treatments" webpage (half way down the page) from Calif. Dept. of Public Health

Treatment Option & Type

Treatment Goal/s

Method of Administration

Over-the-Counter Medications

Relieve mild symptoms at home.

Varies

Evusheld

(tixagevimab/cilgavimab)
Monoclonal antibody

For those that have not been exposed and are not experiencing symptoms:

Prevent COVID-19 for people who have a qualifying medical condition, OR people who have a history of severe adverse reactions to vaccines (pre-exposure prophylaxis).

Injections

Bamlanivimab/etesevimab
Monoclonal antibody

This drug is not effective against the Omicron variant.

For those that have either been exposed or are experiencing mild to moderate symptoms:

Prevent COVID-19 after an exposure but before an infection (post-exposure prophylaxis).
Treat COVID-19 in outpatients to prevent severe symptoms and hospitalization.

IV

REGEN-COV (casirivimab/imdevimab)
Monoclonal antibody

This drug is not effective against the Omicron variant.

For those that have either been exposed or are experiencing mild to moderate symptoms:

Prevent COVID-19 after an exposure but before an infection (post-exposure prophylaxis).
Treat COVID-19 in outpatients to prevent severe symptoms and hospitalization.

IV or injections

Sotrovimab
Monoclonal antibody

For those experiencing mild to moderate symptoms:

Treat COVID-19 in outpatients to prevent severe symptoms and hospitalization.

IV

Molnupiravir
Antiviral

For those experiencing mild to moderate symptoms:

Treat COVID-19 in outpatients to prevent severe symptoms and hospitalization.

Pills, taken by mouth

Paxlovid
Antiviral

For those experiencing mild to moderate symptoms:

Treat COVID-19 in outpatients to prevent severe symptoms and hospitalization.

Pills, taken by mouth

Veklury (remdesivir)*
Antiviral

For those experiencing mild to moderate symptoms:

Treat COVID-19 in outpatients to prevent severe symptoms and hospitalization.

*Veklury (remdesivir) also has FDA approval to treat patients who are hospitalized for COVID-19.

IV

updated 3/6/23

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Recently test positive for COVID-19 or were exposed?

How to find treatment:

If you don’t have insurance or the options above don’t work: