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For all relapsers, what will you do / have done, or are currently doing differently to enhance your chances for SVR
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Hey All Thought it might be worhty to gain some insight on what previously relapsed members strategy has been on retreatment or what they currently are doing to enhance there odds for SVR. Its something that anyone who ever relapsed has thought about, some of our members have had multiple relapses an...
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Harvoni PPT
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http://depts.washington.edu/hepstudy/presentations/uploads/141/harvoini_with_audio_by_bob_gi...
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Viekira Pak...Informative power point
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http://depts.washington.edu/hepstudy/presentations/uploads/131/3d__master.pdf
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Hi people!!! Not sure what to do
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Hi guys and gals.... It's been a minute since I was on last. I do apologize, I have been moving around a ton. I went to Colorado in search of better health care and.... well... it didn't work out. So I moved to Iowa.... So, when I moved here 2 weeks ago I filed for my medicaid... This state... As in Iowa, is a st...
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Medicare/Medicaid Survey
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https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/STOP_HCV_Discrimination
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Anthem and Gilead
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http://seekingalpha.com/news/2213455-gilead-inks-deal-with-anthem-for-harvoni
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Biopsy or Fibroscan - Was one or other required for most?
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Have most people on this site had one or the other? Just curious as all I ever had a number of years ago was a ultra sound of liver. Also did some of those fibrospect blood tests back when. I was told that some insurance require them.just curious. I did have blood work regularly for many years though si...
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update Mt Sinai
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Hi all, Hope this message finds everyone well , in good spirit, and completing their own treatment with success. I am very sad to report that we just received Tom's latest blood work results from Mt Sinai and the treatment didn't work. His hep C has returned. Although his cancer has not returned th...
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Libyan charged in 1998 US embassy bombings dies of hep c related complications
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http://news.yahoo.com/wife-libyan-trial-us-embassy-bombings-dies-090900471.html
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fun fact
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Only humans and chimps can contract chronic hep C , looks like the dog is safe. LOL -- Edited by Michaele on Saturday 3rd of January 2015 05:43:20 PM
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Insurance Co-Pay / Out of Pocket / Deductable with Drug Companies Coupon Program
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Hey All Was looking for real world insight on how the Harvoni or other HCV drugs prescription Coupons are being processed. Question # 1 - Are most Insurance company considering the Gilead /Harvoni /Sovaldi coupon the same as out of pocket expense toward the deductible threshold? Question # 2 - Does t...
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My Dads Cancer......
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so as i understand it HCV has a viral load that can be measured and imflamation and fibrosis maybe a couple other markers...... Cancer has tumors measured in size that can get bigger or smaller... and im wondering does it have a way to measure how many cancer cells are in the body you know like a Qua...
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Ribavirin after treatment
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It seems that all info about ribavirin after treatment alway has it paired with interferon. Now that it is prescribed with sovaldi for Geno 2 that is still the case. I finished my 12 wk course in November and have bouts of feeling bad or like I am coming down with something. Even skin issues on and off y...
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The Hep-C Treatment Price Wars Have Begun!
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I don't know how all of this will shake out, but as of right now, Gilead's stock price is plummeting on the deal Express Scripts has made with AbbVie. Express Scripts, which is the biggest pharmacy coverage provider service to the insurance companies, will cover all prescriptions for AbbVie's newly...
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Giving Thanks To All That Came Before Us.
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Giving Thanks To All That Came Before Us. I want to let you all know how incredibly thankful I am to all of you pioneers of the HepC trials and former treatments. You have all made it possible for the new treatments to move forward and get better and more effective. Your sacrifices and suffering are more a...
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Great Stuff Everyone
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havent posted in awhile but i read everything........ all great posts and replys... would i be remissed if i said i thought we were missing sum people that usualy post ???? im just checkin if you spot whos gone who i think is gone too.... as far as everyone helping each other ... or saying how th...
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Achieved SVR - but weird stool color freaking me out
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Hey guys, It has been a while since I have been here. I have since achieved SVR. Recieved the news on my birthday November 14th. Just a few days ago I fell ill. All of a sudden I got a stomach ache, chills, and no appetite. I slept for two days and feel better but the appetite is still gone and I have pale y...
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Sofosbuvir + GS-5816
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Interesting article on the newest pan-genotypic protocol in development. Is this the answer? For those interested, there is a link at the bottom (of artiicle) to the Clinical trials website with info on the current "Astral 3" study underway. We have discussed this before but the new art...
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Connecting the Dots or possible catastrophic effects What say you???
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so im looking at my blood results and researching why things are low ... and i find through deduction my dear Watson that HEP C totaly beats the sh** out of your liver all be it slow.... but what is glossed over is the fact that it beats the ya u know :) out of your blood at a much faster rate... SO here i prese...
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My insurer's Prior Approval criteria for Harvoni - looking for your comments!
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My doctor called a few days ago to say he can try to get me approved for Harvoni. I am VERY excited but I know how difficult it can be to get approval. So I checked my insurer's website, BCBS Federal Employee Program, and it sent me to a list of Prior Approval drugs with the criteria and forms. The link...
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More Sophisticated Lab Results ...had to use wikipedia
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Thoughts or concerns if any of these are low ... my copper Levels look Low ??? I am negative for auto immune diseases so thats always cool :) never seen or had these done ... just proves my gastro is a keeper... HEPATITIS C RNA, QUANT, RT-PCR 12-1-14 ALLHCV Viral Load, log106.7NOTDETLog IU/mLHCV Vira...
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Blood Work test results with comparisons to 6 months ago......*WARNING* too much crap to read
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ahhh lets see here ...... 6-3-14Prothrombin Time13.2CBC W/DIFFERENTIALComponentYour ValueStandard RangeUnitsRBC4.72 10*6/uLMCV96.0 fLRDW12.3 %MCH34.027.0 - 33.0pgMCHC35.0 %NEUTROPHILS %37.839.0 - 80.0%LYMPHOCYTES %49.024.0 - 44.0%MONOCYTES %11.3 %EOSINOPHILS %1.5 %BAS...
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NICE pictures of yourselfs everybody... proabably belongs in off topic
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ya i enjoy your guys pictures of yourselfs.. your pets and places youve visted.. as well as other novelty pictures of things we all like .... i see a picture and to myself inner voice in head say wow thats a great picture ..... lol iLL change mine here soon
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Results are in
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Hi, I got my results and its almost funny. The Drs assistant asked, "Why are you here, you've had this for over five yrs and its hardly grown, you have no S&S of pancreatic Ca. " All I could say is someone at the ECU family pratice didnt read the Hx and didnt ask questions." They jus...
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Hope for end stage liver disease
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http://www.liversupport.com/wordpress/2014/11/the-holy-grail-of-advanced-liver-disease-treatment/?eml=l...
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Harvoni
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As you all know, this agent was FDA approved on Friday. Although I would have expected that it would be available immediately, it is not. When I spoke to the pharmacist who works at the specialty pharmacy, Mckesson a large distributor does not have it in stock and the insurance company does not have t...
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12-1-14 Gastro visit for TX
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well the plan set forth is she put in for 8wk course of Harvoni...... she says more then likely they will deny :) of course they will but she says if they deny you 2 times then you can go to Gillead on that support path thing and go that route...... she explained it very methodicly as to state that this how i...
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If you are shopping anyway
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Not sure if this is the correct area but I posted here since it is related to the drug access problem that has been our forum's focus of late. For those of you shopping today who would like to help the Treatment Action Group to fight the insurance & pharmaceutical companies you can choose to shop on Am...
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING everybody
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please enjoy your turkey coma and leftovers... and if you live outside of the U.S i say eat sumthing and um give thanks for faily friends... things you like.. and give thanks for Hep C Discussion Forum my gastro appointment is monday iLL let you know what she intends to outline as far TX now that my six m...
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What I've Gained & what I've Lost after all these years with HCV
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What I've Gained & what I've Lost after all these years with HCV Generally most people gain perspective over time regarding events that happen in their lives. We who have lived with HCV for many years, some of us for up to 40 years and beyond have learned many things about ourselves. We have learn...
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