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Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

COVID-19 Oral Antiviral

This webpage is for prescribers only. If you are a patient, please contact your healthcare provider to see if an oral antiviral medication against COVID-19 is right for you.

All health care providers and prescribers are encouraged to provide therapeutic education and access for patients with COVID-19. COVID-19 therapeutics are a safe and effective measure for preventing severe illness, hospitalization, and death for all persons, especially those at high-risk. These oral antiviral medications are now widely available at a variety of pharmacies throughout Santa Clara County. 

Please visit treatments.hhs.gov to locate inventory for eligible patients.

For additional COVID-19 therapeutics resources for healthcare providers and patients, visit publichealthproviders.santaclaracounty.gov/diseases/covid-19.

How to Prescribe Medications

If You Are a Prescriber: 

  1. Assess if a patient qualifies for COVID-19 treatment and identify treatment options. Clinicians can find treatment guidelines with evidence-based recommendations on the management of COVID-19 using the following resources: 
    a. COVID-19 Treatment Clinical Care for Outpatients (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) 
    b. Clinical Course: Progression, Management, and Treatment (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) 
    c. Types of COVID-19 Treatment (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) 
    d. COVID-19 Therapeutics (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response) 
  2. Check for medication availability on treatments.hhs.gov.
  3. Send the prescription electronically to the pharmacy with inventory

If You Are a Patient: 

Visit the Public Health Department’s COVID-19 testing, vaccines, and treatment webpage to learn how to get COVID-19 medications.