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Long COVID can involve almost any major organ system and is characterized by widely heterogeneous persistent or recurrent symptoms including fatigue, headache, cough, dyspnea, chest pain, cognitive dysfunction, anxiety, and depression. In line with the wide array of symptoms, numerous potential underlying pathophysiologic pathways, including viral persistence, prolonged inflammation, autoimmune reactions, endothelial dysfunction, and dysbiosis of the microbiome of the gut, may contribute to the symptomology of long COVID. Therapy is directed at symptomatic control; however, no pharmacologic treatments are specifically approved for the management of symptoms associated with long COVID. Several common symptoms of long COVID may be managed with nonprescription treatments (pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic). 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