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Invicek 3 days skin stings and itches have
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JoAnneh
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New symptom- itchiness from inside
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Hi I've got a new symptom! besides insomnia and anxiety I developed night prickling and itchiness feeling under the skin that you cant Scratch. Any recommendations? I will try benadryl, because it kept me up all night.
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Margo
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Swelling
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Has anyone experienced swollen lips and rash on the face. It is very painful.
I would like to quit taking the meds. 12 more weeks might as well be a year.
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Has anyone else ever dropped and broken a vial of Pegasys?
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I'm feeling pretty stupid. I guess we'll be one vial short at the end of treatment and I'm sure the insurance company will love that. Some days it doesn't pay to get up.
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elizabeth
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Last Incevick
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Hello Everyone, Friday, May 25, 2012, 6:00aam, will be my last dose of incevick. I'm still scheduled to remain on peg and riba for 24 week or 36 weeks, which my doctor has yet to tell me. Since being on treatment, my labs have been normal with the exception of low wbc and rbc. I went to the specialist la...
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Horrible itching after shower!!!
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After my workout, I took a warm shower, wasn't scrubing or anything, as soon as I toweled off, the itch began, unbearable! To the point where I got out an iron brush and just scratched myself till I got bruises...it came from inside though. Put a ton of lotion and oil but did not help. Benadryl calmed the i...
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Margo
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Diarrhea
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My husband is starting week 8 of tx and up till a couple of days ago hadn't had the dreaded diarrhea. It's getting bad now (though fortunately without the ground glass some discuss) and we're wondering if this lasts for the duration of treatment or is a temporary event. Should he take immodium or some...
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elizabeth
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low wbc, low haemoglobin, doctor away :(
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anyone can help me...? what do i do. bin feelin like crap all week, and i finally get a copy of my results, neutropenia +++, low haemoglobin and i dont think anyone is even lookin at the results... its up to me. do i go down to the er and say, help what can i do. or do i just have to handle this...? soooooo frustr...
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kiwi
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Humor- Pharmacy Interaction
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My big mail order pharmacy always checks on my condition when scheduling my next shipment. Great support but it can be amusing sometimes. Pharmacy- Have you had any side effects from your medications? Me- Why yes, all of them. Pharmacy- Brief pause- Umm, would you like us to connect you to the manuf...
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Most Foods Taste Gross
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Many of my favorite foods now taste terrible. For example, most cereals and anything with chocolate tastes bitter, but ham and most pasta dishes are still OK. In fact most sweets taste lousy. Sometimes they are OK for the first few bites before the nasty aftertaste kicks in. I assume it is from th...
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Chest tightness, burn and palpitations?
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Today will be a week on the triple therapy and for the past 3 days I experience palpitations, chest tightness and burn. Anyone experienced that after taking Incivek?
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Margo
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antidepressants
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I have been put on welbutrin adn effexor by choice. Do these do any bad things livers like ours?
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Just finished last shot. What can I do to expedite feeling good again?
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I pretty much summed it up, up top. I took my last injecton on Saturday and only have until Thursday on Ribavirin. I was anemic and anemic with white blood cells too. I have an awesome job opportunity for two weeks in the Dominican Republic in 6 weeks. I will be lifting heavy things and be working long hour...
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results.?? not sure
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ast 42 alt 62 (up a bit) haemocrit .35 (low) neutrophils .8 (up but still very low) wbc 1.8 (low) lymphocytes .7 (dunno) was the nurse at my gp. she was nice. but only giving results out, nothin else not really sure what it means except thats why im feeling so tired out.. i know my wbc is low. and my neu...
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kiwi
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met a scientist that was on a team to develop incivik
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I had the blessing of meeting one of the scientists that developed incivik the other day. He is the neighbor of a good family friend. It was great for me to meet him and he also liked meeting me because he doesn't normally get to see patients that use the medication he develops. I am going with him and th...
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starting levothyroxin
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Hi Guys, I just started taking levothyroxin; my thyroid hormone levels are low. One of the side affects is fatigue and hair loss. I need a little more fatigue like a need a whole in the head but if that's what I have to do, so be it. I bordering on depression so I'm going to try to do some gardening; if I'...
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Confusion About Treatment Duration for Relapsers?
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With only three weeks to go, my doc called Friday to suggest I consider extending my treatment to a total of 48 weeks because she assumes I have cirrhosis since I was graded stage four fibrosis in 2001. Arrrgh! Not sure what she is basing this recommendation on but I am disinclined to take her up on her...
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Procrit for anemia
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Hey! I have been on Procrit for 8 weeks and my hemoglobin is now at 10.4. I was on a reduced ribavirin dose and we just increased it from 200mg to 400mg and my doc wants me to stay on procrit temporarily in case the hemoglobin starts dropping again. I am a little nervous because there is warnings with pro...
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My 8 week test.
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Well I got the results of my 8 week test the other day, and liver functions were normal. and HCV RNA not detected. Good news. I wish I could stop treatment now, as my sx's are bothering me. I have had a sore throat now for weeks, all I can eat is yogurt. I was at my regular MD for BP refill and he said it looked lik...
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Good news- I think!
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Hi, Just got my VL at 7.5 weeks ( after 3.5 weeks of Victrelis). Reported as <15 TND ( Target not detected). I am in Brisbane, Australia, and the Lab. is a large private Pathology Practice that does most of the HCV testing in Queensland. There are so many different tests that this is a bit hard to resear...
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Great News!
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After getting 2 pints of blood today, Husband is feeling better. AND......................... The doc called to say his 4 week labs showed UND! We're walking on air. His viral load on starting treatment was 16 million. Only problem is now that he's been transfused, the doc wants him to go back to 1...
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elizabeth
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UND at Week 8!!
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I just got the news; my Labs last Wed (May 2) showed UNDETECTABLE! 2 days before the 8-week mark on May 4. I was at 4.7 million at the start of tx, and went down to 371 at Week 4. Somewhere between Week 4 and Week 8, I went UND. That's not all. My liver enzymes are the lowest they've been in 27 years! ALT -...
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Lenght of tx on Victrelis
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Hi guys, once again, what would I do without you. Ok guys, i'm a little confused here about the duration of tx on Victrelis. As you are aware it's usually 28 weeks of tx (4+24) if its UND at week 8. But if it was already UND right after lead in with Interferon and Riba at week 4(RVR), can tx be reduced by some we...
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Questions, but Counting my blessings!
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I'm sure this has been asked a million times and I'm having a hard time navigating this forum so I apologize in advance.
My first day was Friday the 4th so I'm on day 4 week 1. Other than a little achy, feel like a headache coming on and a bit tired an hour or so after I take my RIBA dose I'm really feeling okay!...
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Pegasys Supply Issues
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Just got this from my pharmecy: Genentech, the maket of Pegasys, has informed the pharmacy that there may be temporary supply constraints with the availability of Pegasys Pre-Filled Syinges. This product is NOT recalled. Genentech has informed pharmacies that supply constraints will likely...
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2 questions -- sorry if this has already been addressed
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Hubby is starting week 5 of the triple therapy today. Everyone talks about doing the shots in thighs or stomach but our nurse said the back of his upper arm was less painful and that's where we've done the 4 shots he's taken. Is that ok? I read where so many of you manage to work and I'm amazed and impress...
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8 weeks incivek
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Friends, Hit the 8 week incivek wall. You know what i am talkin about. work in sales so i have had my challenges. Took 3 weeks to get my 5 weeks labs back. what a long time for your mind to wander. still detactable but under 25. so that is still very positive...yea... On my last month of invivek...come on blu...
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4 WEEK LABS CAME BACK
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After the first 4 weeks of peg and Riba.....I AM UNDETECTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 18 more weeks to go!
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Rash on forearms only
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I just completed my 1st week of treatment, and I gotta say that Sx were very minimal except for a rash I have on both forearms, but no-where else(yet). I would say that the rash is mild-to-moderate, but not particularly itchy(yet). I emailed my NP and reported this, but haven't heard back from her....
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Confused...
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Hey guys and gals... I'm new here but not new to the Hep-C information search. My mother was diagnosed with Hep-C about 10 years ago. She had a blood transfusion immediately after birth and that's how they say she got it. She had treatment and for whatever reason the treatments stopped and she remaine...
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