Hi All, Well- at first look, Sovaldi and Olysio were both covered by my insurance company (UHC) but now they have updated their new "treatment guidelines" and I was denied treatment today for both meds. Apparently the only treatment option covered now is the "old school" Pe...
Week 4 UND. AST-29, ALT-21. RNA QN <15, RNA LOG <1.18. Drop in platlets to 104, mild anemia, but nothin to warrant change thus far. Week 6 shot was last nite. I am very pleased. I know I should be elated, but this damn depression ain't good. Taking AD and even doubled up this week, but it is still seep...
Hey all, Just heard from my nurse, First Viral load test results in. Down from 3.7 million to 138! Pretty excited! Thanks everyone here for being here to share the good news! Tim
Hey everyone, Bombs aways! I took my first pills this morning. I'm kind of nervous b/c of all the side effects associated with Ribavirin, but staying positive. I was born in 1977 and needed 5 blood transfusions, which is most likely how I got HCV. I was diagnosed with it in 2000 when I tried donating bloo...
Well I've made it through, Thank God! This morning I took my last sovaldi pill.
One more ribavarin tonight and it's finished!
My appt with the dr is tomorrow so I'll get blood work done then.
It's really finished!!
I'm ready to begin running again. I miss it, but each time I tried, even to walk, it w...
Hi All, Went in for my 12 week post treatment labs yesterday. Pretty sure all will be well. Merck will be announcing the results from this trial ( C-Worthy) Saturday, April 11 in London at the Liver Conference. I will be totally shocked if I am not still UND. I have felt better these last two weeks t...
Hepatitis C - DAAs: continuing the advance towards a cure. This is a great informational report on all the new drugs presented at the London Liver Conference that took place last week. Select the 2014 conference and scroll down all the presentations. Even Merck presented. Looks like I was one of on...
Treatment for 12 weeks with a coformulation of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir led to sustained response for all HIV/HCV coinfected patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C followed for 12 weeks post-treatment, according to interim findings from the ERADICATE study presented at the 49th EASL Internatio...
The European Association for the Study of the Liver has issued new guidelines for the treatment of hepatitis C which recommend that wherever possible, patients should be treated with the newest direct-acting antivirals EASL is also encouraging European physicians to combine products from diff...
Hey All This is the trials results for Treatment Naive Hep C Geno Type 1 This is the 2ND Great article that Gilead and most of the Trials site Doctors have collaborated on that was released at the EASL Conference in London this week-end and also was released as a important article in The New England Jour...
Hey All This is Great article that Gilead and most of the Trials site Doctors have collaborated on that was released at the EASL Conference in London this week-end and also was released as a important article in The New England Journal of Medicine on Sat. Please follow this link to read http://www.nej...
Hi Everyone, I was watching the news this morning and FOX News had a report delivered on their Sunday Housecall segment on the new treatment opportunity with Sovaldi. I wanted to share their video segment but am unable to find it. But I did find this information via links on their website and thought yo...
Hey All Well haven't been on in a while had to give update. Week 22 of Sof. Ledi. and Rib. cant believe almost done with treatment. Have tolerated most sideffects reasonably well, Riba Rage has been worse wife calls me Mr Hide but is putting up with it. So far Virus undetectable since week 3. I cant tell y...
I have not posted for a while but have been looking in. DH needed to go another round of Rutuxin for SMZ-Non-hodgkin's Lymphoma. He had a good response and doctor suggested to seek treatment for HCV sooner than later. The doctor that did triple treatment said DH is a good candidate for the Sovaldi/Olys...
Hi all, After somewhat obsessively reading these posts the last week or so, I figured I should jump in and say hi. I'm glad to see that my side effects are common to the sovaldi/ riba 12 week program. I've had many but not all (insomnia, rash, low energy, fever comes and goes) but generally better mood....
Hi All, was wondering if anybody actually suffered from vertigo before starting Tx? I have and it seems to be gradually getting worse as tx goes on. My sinuses & face are constantly freezing can't get warm & the dizziness is like seasickness with occasional vomitting. Dr changed my ta...
Has anyone had any trouble eating of this treatment? I have only been on the treatmet for 11 days, but I have not been able to eat anything in 5 days, please help.
Hello everyone. I was diagnosed with Hep C in Sept 2013. More tests revealed that I was F4(cirrhosis). Child Pugh score A based on my albumin, bilirubin, INR, etc. Up until this dx all ALT/AST levels were normal. So it was like ok you have hvc and you have progressed to cirrhosis. My insurance is with Blu...
An investor's take on the Gilead/Express Scripts war. Link requires subscription for full article, so pasted below.[url=http://seekingalpha.com/article/2132933-express-scripts-trying-to-shame-gilead-into-reducing-sovaldi-price-who-is-really-the-greedy-one]Seeki...
I'm tested SVR at 12 weeks and will be seeing the Hepatologist in May for the 6 month test. I Have been really pushing myself and even returned to substitute teaching as a Industrial Vocational teacher and they have me doing everything else as well for K-12. I have really enjoyed being back and have re...
I'm starting to feel the effects of our friend Ribaviren. It is a sad day when you let wind that is so odious that everyone assumes it can be only the dog it is that bad! ;) Vile little pills are making me woozy, tired, headache and very smelly. Is this the start of anemia, or just toxic effects of my friend t...
It has been awhile since I have posted anything and for that I do apologize. I am now 23 weeks post treatment. Yesterday I did my blood draw. I am confident I have achieved SVR. And yet I have come down with night sweats. No matter how cool we keep the house I wake drenched, and need to change my bed clothes a...
Hi Everyone, I located this treatment tracker, provided by MySupport Path (Gilead). It lists specifically the 12 and 24 week charts. Now that Sovaldi is considered the primary or backbone, it appears that many doctors are choosing to wait until EOT for the viral load, regardless of tx length. I gues...
"(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc, under fire for pricing a new hepatitis C drug at $1,000 a pill, has discount agreements with a number of health insurers, a company executive said in an interview..."[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/29/us-gilead-hepatitis-idUSBR...
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