Covid 19 Oral Therapeutics
Selected Life Pharmacies are able to provide the oral COVID-19 antiviral medicines to those who meet certain eligibility criteria. Contact or drop in to your nearest pharmacy to find out more!
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We provide two types of oral COVID-19 antiviral medicines nirmatrelvir with ritonavir (Paxlovid™) and molnupiravir (Lagevrio®) to those who meet certain eligibility criteria - to find out more click here. This can then be provided without the need for a prescription.
This provides an additional pathway for COVID-19 positive individuals to gain access to these medicines, providing you meet eligibility criteria.
If you have any questions in relation to oral COVID-19 antiviral medicines, please consult with your local Unichem or Life Pharmacy or your GP.
PLEASE NOTE : Patient’s symptoms must have started within the last 5 days in order to receive the oral COVID-19 antiviral medicines nirmatrelvir with ritonavir (Paxlovid™) or molnupiravir (Lagevrio®).
Your usual healthcare provider or pharmacy will check the latest information on the Covid19 Health website as well as your overall health, before giving any antiviral medicines. These medicines may not be suitable for everyone, even if they meet eligibility criteria.
Your Paxlovid™ is also available to some Kiwis who do not meet the original access criteria but may still benefit from treatment.
Contact your local Unichem or Life Pharmacy to find out if you're eligible for Paxlovid™
People can get free antiviral medicine, if:
They have just caught COVID-19 (or they are a probable case, or household contact of positive case); and their symptoms started within 5 days; AND they fit in one of these groups:
1. Māori or Pacific people AND aged 50 years or older; or
2 Aged 65 years or older; or
3. Aged 50 years or older AND have not been given at least two doses of COVID-19 vaccination;
4. Is severely immunocompromised; or
5. Has Down syndrome; or
6. Has sickle cell disease; or
7. Previously in critical care or a hospital high dependency unit because of COVID-19; or
8. Any age with three or more high risk medical conditions. These include :
- chronic lung or airways disease
- serious heart conditions such as congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, rheumatic heart disease, and congenital heart disease
- hypertension/ High blood pressure
- chronic neurological or neuromuscular disease
- diabetes
- chronic kidney disease
- severe liver disease such as cirrhosis
- severe haematological disorders
- severe mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, bipolar or schizoaffective disorder
- active cancer
- morbid obesity (BMI greater than 35)
- sickle cell disease
- Down syndrome.
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Life Pharmacy Barrington
Barrington Shopping Centre, Spreydon, Christchurch
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (3) 337 5527
Life Pharmacy Barrington
Barrington Shopping Centre, Spreydon, Christchurch
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (3) 337 5527
Life Pharmacy Bayfair
19 Girven Road, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty 3116
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (7) 575 3830
Life Pharmacy Bayfair
19 Girven Road, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty 3116
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (7) 575 3830
Life Pharmacy Birkenhead
32 Mokoia Road Birkenhead Auckland 0626
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 480 7001
Life Pharmacy Birkenhead
32 Mokoia Road Birkenhead Auckland 0626
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 480 7001
Life Pharmacy Commercial Bay
Shop 12, Level 1, Commercial Bay, Auckland, 1010
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 302 5010
Life Pharmacy Commercial Bay
Shop 12, Level 1, Commercial Bay, Auckland, 1010
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 302 5010
Life Pharmacy Donna Kerr
48 Windsor Street Windsor Invercargill Southland 9810
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (3) 218 8859
Life Pharmacy Donna Kerr
48 Windsor Street Windsor Invercargill Southland 9810
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (3) 218 8859
Life Pharmacy Eastridge
215 Kepa Road Mission Bay Ōrākei Auckland 1071
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 528 6062
Life Pharmacy Eastridge
215 Kepa Road Mission Bay Ōrākei Auckland 1071
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 528 6062
Life Pharmacy Franklin's
48 Queen St Warkworth Auckland 0910
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 425 8014
Life Pharmacy Franklin's
48 Queen St Warkworth Auckland 0910
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 425 8014
Life Pharmacy Hornby
Hornby Mall, Shop 2, 418 Main South Road Hornby Christchurch Canterbury 8004
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (3) 349 1130
Life Pharmacy Hornby
Hornby Mall, Shop 2, 418 Main South Road Hornby Christchurch Canterbury 8004
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (3) 349 1130
Life Pharmacy Johnsonville
Shop 40, Johnsonville Shopping Centre 16 Broderick Road Johnsonville Wellington 6037
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (4) 478 4863
Life Pharmacy Johnsonville
Shop 40, Johnsonville Shopping Centre 16 Broderick Road Johnsonville Wellington 6037
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (4) 478 4863
Life Pharmacy Kapiti Coast
2/11 Amohia Street Kapiti Lights Complex Paraparaumu Wellington 5032
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (4) 298 4679
Life Pharmacy Kapiti Coast
2/11 Amohia Street Kapiti Lights Complex Paraparaumu Wellington 5032
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (4) 298 4679
Life Pharmacy La Hood's
Life Pharmacy La Hood's
Life Pharmacy Manukau
Shop 38, Westfield Shopping Centre, Manukau 2241
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 262 1884
Life Pharmacy Manukau
Shop 38, Westfield Shopping Centre, Manukau 2241
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 262 1884
Life Pharmacy Masterton
132-136 Queen Street Masterton Wairarapa 5810
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (6) 377 1296
Life Pharmacy Masterton
132-136 Queen Street Masterton Wairarapa 5810
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (6) 377 1296
Life Pharmacy Motueka
179 High Street Motueka Tasman 7120
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (3) 528 9980
Life Pharmacy Motueka
179 High Street Motueka Tasman 7120
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (3) 528 9980
Life Pharmacy Newmarket
Life Pharmacy Newmarket
Life Pharmacy Northwest
NorthWest Shopping Centre 7 Fred Taylor Drive Massey Auckland 0814
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 222 2608
Life Pharmacy Northwest
NorthWest Shopping Centre 7 Fred Taylor Drive Massey Auckland 0814
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 222 2608
Life Pharmacy Orewa
8 Tamariki Avenue Ōrewa Auckland 0931
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 426 4087
Life Pharmacy Orewa
8 Tamariki Avenue Ōrewa Auckland 0931
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 426 4087
Life Pharmacy Orrs
Life Pharmacy Orrs
Life Pharmacy Riccarton
Shop 45129 Riccarton Road Riccarton, Christchurch, Canterbury 8041
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (3) 3489723
Life Pharmacy Riccarton
Shop 45129 Riccarton Road Riccarton, Christchurch, Canterbury 8041
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (3) 3489723
Life Pharmacy St Heliers
23 Saint Heliers Bay Road Saint Heliers Auckland 1071
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 575 6699
Life Pharmacy St Heliers
23 Saint Heliers Bay Road Saint Heliers Auckland 1071
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 575 6699
Life Pharmacy St. Lukes
80 St Lukes Road, Shop 524 Westfield Shopping Centre, Auckland 1346
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 846 3213
Life Pharmacy St. Lukes
80 St Lukes Road, Shop 524 Westfield Shopping Centre, Auckland 1346
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 846 3213
Life Pharmacy Sylvia Park
Shop N049, Sylvia Park Shopping Centre (Opposite JB Hi-Fi near the Pak n Save end of the mall) 286 Mt Wellington Highway Mt Wellington Auckland
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 573 1232
Life Pharmacy Sylvia Park
Shop N049, Sylvia Park Shopping Centre (Opposite JB Hi-Fi near the Pak n Save end of the mall) 286 Mt Wellington Highway Mt Wellington Auckland
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (9) 573 1232
Life Pharmacy Taupō
Life Pharmacy Taupō
Life Pharmacy The Plaza
The Plaza Shopping Centre, 108/84 The Square, Palmerston North 4410
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (6) 356 1949
Life Pharmacy The Plaza
The Plaza Shopping Centre, 108/84 The Square, Palmerston North 4410
Get DirectionsPhone: +64 (6) 356 1949
