Talk to your healthcare provider or schedule your telehealth appointment now to discuss your COVID-19 care plan

You can get in touch with an independent licensed telehealth provider from the comfort of home.

Here is how it works:

Answer a few questions about your symptoms and fill out a medical questionnaire.

If you have commercial insurance, connect with a telehealth provider to schedule an appointment at your convenience. A fee will be charged by the telehealth provider.

The telehealth provider will determine whether a COVID-19 treatment is right for you. If prescribed a COVID-19 treatment, it can be picked up at your local pharmacy or if prescribed LAGEVRIO, you can choose to have it delivered to your home.

Merck is providing this link to a third-party website to help patients connect virtually with an independent telehealth provider. Merck does not own or operate the third-party site and does not endorse or recommend any of the healthcare providers associated with the third-party site. You are responsible for assessing the qualification of the healthcare provider and any medical advice that is provided. Only patients with commercial health insurance are eligible to schedule a telehealth visit through this website. Patients who have Medicare, Medicaid, or other government program insurance are not eligible.


How to prepare for your visit

Tell your healthcare provider if:

  • You take any medicines including prescription medicines, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
  • It is important to consider drug-drug interactions when your healthcare provider is evaluating COVID-19 treatment options
  • You are experiencing any symptoms (symptoms of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 may include: fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea)
  • You have one or more risk factors for progression to severe COVID-19, including:
  • Over 60 years of age
  • Overweight and obesity
  • Cancer
  • Chronic kidney disease
  • Chronic lung disease
  • Diabetes
  • Heart condition

COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.

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Authorized Use

  • LAGEVRIO™ (molnupiravir) is an investigational medicine used to treat adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19:
    • who are at risk for progression to severe COVID-19 including hospitalization or death, and for whom other COVID-19 treatment options approved or authorized by the FDA are not accessible or clinically appropriate.
  • LAGEVRIO is not authorized:
    • For use in people less than 18 years of age
    • For prevention of COVID-19
    • For patients needing hospitalization for COVID-19
    • For use for longer than 5 consecutive days

Important Safety Information

  • LAGEVRIO may cause harm to your unborn baby. It is not known if LAGEVRIO will harm your baby if you take LAGEVRIO during pregnancy. LAGEVRIO is not recommended for use in pregnancy and has not been studied in pregnancy.
  • You and your healthcare provider may decide that you should take LAGEVRIO during pregnancy if there are no other COVID-19 treatment options approved or authorized by the FDA that are accessible or clinically appropriate for you. If you and your healthcare provider decide that you should take LAGEVRIO during pregnancy, you and your healthcare provider should discuss the known and potential benefits and the potential risks of taking LAGEVRIO during pregnancy.
  • Individuals who are able to become pregnant should use a reliable method of birth control (contraception) correctly and consistently during treatment with LAGEVRIO and for 4 days after the last dose of LAGEVRIO. Talk to your healthcare provider about reliable birth control methods and tell your healthcare provider right away if you become pregnant or think you may have become pregnant during treatment with LAGEVRIO. Before starting treatment with LAGEVRIO your healthcare provider may do a pregnancy test to see if you are not pregnant.
  • There is a pregnancy registry for individuals who take LAGEVRIO during pregnancy. The purpose of this program is to collect information about the health of you and your baby. If you are pregnant or become pregnant during treatment with LAGEVRIO, you are encouraged to report your use of LAGEVRIO during pregnancy to this pregnancy registry at https://covid-pr.pregistry.com or 1-800-616-3791.
  • It is not known if LAGEVRIO can affect sperm, but the risk is regarded as low, based on animal studies. A reliable method of birth control (contraception) should be used correctly and consistently during treatment with LAGEVRIO and for at least 3 months after the last dose. The risk to sperm beyond 3 months is not known. Talk to your healthcare provider about reliable birth control methods or if you have questions or concerns about how LAGEVRIO may affect sperm.
  • Before taking LAGEVRIO, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions including if you have any allergies, serious illnesses, or are pregnant or plan to become pregnant, are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed.
  • Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
  • Allergic reactions can happen in people taking LAGEVRIO even after only 1 dose. Stop taking LAGEVRIO and call your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following symptoms of an allergic reaction: hives, rapid heartbeat, trouble swallowing or breathing, swelling of the mouth, lips, or face, throat tightness, hoarseness, or skin rash.
  • The most common side effects of LAGEVRIO are diarrhea, nausea, and dizziness. These are not all the possible side effects of LAGEVRIO. Serious and unexpected side effects may happen. This medicine is still being studied, so it is possible that all of the risks are not known at this time. Contact your healthcare provider if you have any side effects that bother you or do not go away.
  • Breastfeeding is not recommended during treatment with LAGEVRIO and for 4 days after the last dose of LAGEVRIO. If you are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed, talk to your healthcare provider about your options and specific situation before taking LAGEVRIO.
  • Take LAGEVRIO exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it. Take LAGEVRIO for 5 days. It is important that you complete the full 5 days of treatment with LAGEVRIO. Do not stop taking LAGEVRIO before you complete the full 5 days of treatment, even if you feel better.
  • Contact your healthcare provider if you have any side effects that bother you or do not go away. Report side effects to FDA MedWatch at www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088 (1-800-332-1088)

Please read the accompanying Fact Sheet for Patients and Caregivers for LAGEVRIO™ (molnupiravir) and discuss it with your doctor.
The Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers also is available.

Authorized Use

  • LAGEVRIO™ (molnupiravir) is an investigational medicine used to treat adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19:
    • who are at risk for progression to severe COVID-19 including hospitalization or death, and for whom other COVID-19 treatment options approved or authorized by the FDA are not accessible or clinically appropriate.
  • LAGEVRIO is not authorized:
    • For use in people less than 18 years of age
    • For prevention of COVID-19
    • For patients needing hospitalization for COVID-19
    • For use for longer than 5 consecutive days
  • LAGEVRIO™ (molnupiravir) is an investigational medicine used to treat adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19:
  • LAGEVRIO™ (molnupiravir) is an investigational medicine used to treat adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19:
    • who are at risk for progression to severe COVID-19 including hospitalization or death, and for whom other

Important Safety Information for LAGEVRIO (molnupiravir)

  • LAGEVRIO may cause harm to your unborn baby. It is not known if LAGEVRIO will harm your baby if you take LAGEVRIO during pregnancy. LAGEVRIO is not recommended for use in pregnancy and has not been studied in pregnancy.
  • You and your healthcare provider may decide that you should take LAGEVRIO during pregnancy if there are no other COVID-19 treatment options approved or authorized by the FDA that are accessible or clinically appropriate for you. If you and your healthcare provider decide that you should take LAGEVRIO during pregnancy, you and your healthcare provider should discuss the known and potential benefits and the potential risks of taking LAGEVRIO during pregnancy.
  • Individuals who are able to become pregnant should use a reliable method of birth control (contraception) correctly and consistently during treatment with LAGEVRIO and for 4 days after the last dose of LAGEVRIO. Talk to your healthcare provider about reliable birth control methods and tell your healthcare provider right away if you become pregnant or think you may have become pregnant during treatment with LAGEVRIO. Before starting treatment with LAGEVRIO your healthcare provider may do a pregnancy test to see if you are not pregnant.
  • There is a pregnancy registry for individuals who take LAGEVRIO during pregnancy. The purpose of this program is to collect information about the health of you and your baby. If you are pregnant or become pregnant during treatment with LAGEVRIO, you are encouraged to report your use of LAGEVRIO during pregnancy to this pregnancy registry at https://covid-pr.pregistry.com or 1-800-616-3791.
  • It is not known if LAGEVRIO can affect sperm, but the risk is regarded as low, based on animal studies. A reliable method of birth control (contraception) should be used correctly and consistently during treatment with LAGEVRIO and for at least 3 months after the last dose. The risk to sperm beyond 3 months is not known. Talk to your healthcare provider about reliable birth control methods or if you have questions or concerns about how LAGEVRIO may affect sperm.
  • Before taking LAGEVRIO, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions including if you have any allergies, serious illnesses, or are pregnant or plan to become pregnant, are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed.
  • Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
  • Allergic reactions can happen in people taking LAGEVRIO even after only 1 dose. Stop taking LAGEVRIO and call your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following symptoms of an allergic reaction: hives, rapid heartbeat, trouble swallowing or breathing, swelling of the mouth, lips, or face, throat tightness, hoarseness, or skin rash.
  • The most common side effects of LAGEVRIO are diarrhea, nausea, and dizziness. These are not all the possible side effects of LAGEVRIO. Serious and unexpected side effects may happen. This medicine is still being studied, so it is possible that all of the risks are not known at this time. Contact your healthcare provider if you have any side effects that bother you or do not go away.
  • Breastfeeding is not recommended during treatment with LAGEVRIO and for 4 days after the last dose of LAGEVRIO. If you are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed, talk to your healthcare provider about your options and specific situation before taking LAGEVRIO.
  • Take LAGEVRIO exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it. Take LAGEVRIO for 5 days. It is important that you complete the full 5 days of treatment with LAGEVRIO. Do not stop taking LAGEVRIO before you complete the full 5 days of treatment, even if you feel better.
  • Contact your healthcare provider if you have any side effects that bother you or do not go away. Report side effects to FDA MedWatch at www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088 (1-800-332-1088)

Please read the accompanying Fact Sheet for Patients and Caregivers for LAGEVRIO™ (molnupiravir) and discuss it with your doctor.
The Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers also is available.

  • LAGEVRIO may cause harm to your unborn baby. It is not known if LAGEVRIO will harm
  • LAGEVRIO may cause harm to your unborn baby. It is not known if LAGEVRIO will harm your baby if you take LAGEVRIO during pregnancy. LAGEVRIO is not recommended for use in pregnancy and has not been studied in pregnancy.
  • You and your healthcare provider may decide that you should take LAGEVRIO during pregnancy if there are no other COVID-19 treatment options approved or authorized by the FDA that are accessible or clinically appropriate for you. If you and your healthcare provider decide that you should take LAGEVRIO during pregnancy, you and your healthcare provider should discuss the known and potential benefits and the potential risks of taking LAGEVRIO during pregnancy.