One of the newest medications used to treatchronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is Incivek(telaprevir). Incivek is a protease inhibitor, takenwith peginterferon and ribavirin, and used forHCV patients with genotype 1. A common sideeffect of Incivek is anorectal discomfort, includinga...
Ask my PA about taking flu shot during treatment - he said NO because he felt the virus they use could be a problem. Anyone else ask their Dr? Fajah -- Edited by Fajah on Tuesday 2nd of October 2012 06:54:37 PM
My treatment failed...the sad part is that I had no doubt it Ihep c) was gone due to treatment. I have geno type 2, 140,711 viral load when treatment started adn I cleared 5 weeks into treatment..well I was under 615 4 weeks into treatment and so I think one more shot put me "non detectable although...
Sitting down with hubby last night and my trusty alarm signals it's time to take my meds. Hobby's nibbling on a bowl of nuts, so I proceed to gather my colourful assortment of capsules and tabs and place them in my own little bowl and sit back down with my bottle of aqua. He looks at me and cracks up laughin...
My skin is tingling and burning very badly on lower arms
Feels like fire, any suggestions? Triple tx w/ Invicek 7 weeks.
Took third dose Of Invicek 30 minutes ago. No rash just burning
Thanks, JoAnne
Does anyone else have a distinct weekly pattern in their Sx? Since about week 10, I am rubbish on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I improve somewhat on Thurs., Fri., and Sat. I presume this is Inter. related but not sure why ( we are supposed to have a fairly constant blood level). The severity of the Sx a...
Huh O how dumb is this Hope it's not too bad I'm sure i took the incivek too soon This afternoon I Incivek at 4:00 -4:10? i was just looking for my 11-11:30 dose So I mistakenly took it 4 hours early i ran late on my Ribv and took the evening dose about 8 and took the incivek also now about 2hrs i don't fe...
I just finished up my 12 week clinical trial Friday. My last shot was the week before, and my last 7977 and riba were Friday morning. I have no idea yet how my results are, and will probably not find out for a month or so, when all participants finish, but I have to say that this morning I fell the best I hav...
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I am REALLY hoping to get started next month on treatment. I have to do a month of iron therapy to get my iron levels up before starting (I have a long history of low iron). I thought I would be on treatment already, but after going through several test to see if there were any problems causing my low iron o...
I am a Vietnam combat veteran with PTSD, I have been taking this med (1.0mg) for 30 years. I was told to reduce dose because of drug concentrations, my question is this:. Does Xanax impact the quality or usefulness or the way Incivek works. Xanax is an ideal med to combat just about all HCV meds, from mu...
Well my little vacation is over Started 2nd TX over in August ( on Incivek this time ) I took a 7 week leave It was very helpful and relived my mind I was able to rest better Party's over I went back Tuesday I could have stayed longer but only so much nothing you can do. It's better for me gets my mind off...
Hey all, Just got a call from my nurse practitioner, my viral load is all zeros six months out from TX, I have achieved SVR. I made it. She told me that I am the first in her office to achieve it with Incivek. Oddly, I feel a bit of guilt because of those I have met on the forum that had to quit tx or had not been a...
Welll, it is a great day on this forum! I just got the results from my blood test last week which was 5 weeks post treatment. I tested negative for Hep C and for the first time since I can remember in 1998 my liver enzymes were within normal limits!! :) My hemoglobin is at 12 and my doctor said "no won...
I get my Pegasys delivered in a Styrofoam cooler which contains some frozen ice packs to keep it cool. Normally when I get it, I refrigerate it right away.However we had to make an unexpected out of town trip last Thursday 9/28. The shipment came of Friday 9/28 and sat unopened on my porch until Sunday 9/...
Now that I have one medical treatment under my belt, my husband and I are looking into surrogacy because I am unable to have children. However, with the hep C antibody in place still in our blood does anyone know if this is possible? I am waiting to hear back from the agency. Basically, I would take fe...
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I did a post on this subject about 4 months ago, and have just made my next dental appointment. As I lost 3 teeth on my first Interferon Rx in 1998, I am rather paranoid about this. In those days, this Sx of Inter. was not well known. Interferon has a direct effect weakening tooth enamel. Triple Rx leads to d...
Hi all, life is getting better(but slowly) since halting treatment a month ago, energy level is a bit more elevated, flu-like symptoms still wash over my body from time to time. Rash is about 99.999% gone....but not forgotten! Sometimes a hot shower will cause the psoriasis-like lesions to pop o...
Hi all, I was prescribed Pegintron (alfa-2b) but when I was about to take my first shot, I realized the mail-order pharmacy had sent me Pegasys (alfa-2a) instead. I called doc and they said take the Pegasys but adjusted my dose slightly. The physician's asst said the side effects would be the same,...
Starting incivek treatment my VL was 7.9 million, ALT 101 and AST 55. At 8 weeks VL was UND, ALT 129, AST 58. Now at 12 weeks VL still UND, ALT 139, AST 65. Has anyone else experianced or heard of an increase in ALT & AST during treatment? I've always been under the impression that these numbers should...
The other night i ended up in the ER, Bp through the roof, pulse 130 and some unexplained bleeding.I would rather not go into details as of now until i see the GI dr again, however a CT scan was done and everything looked normal.Also the dr said my CBC looked great so i will follow up w/ GI dr about the other is...
TODAY WAS MY LAST DAY OF MY TREATMENT !! 48 WEEKS DONE I WANT TO WISH ALL OF YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AND KEEP THINKING POSTIVE! I WILL BE STARTING TOMORROW POST TREATMENT NOW I CAN START GOING BACK TO THE GYM AND GETTING MY LIFE BACK TO NORMAL
Hi, I'm oon a countdown. I come off the interferon and ribaviron Nov. 2nd, ten days later I come off the ribaviron. I've been undetected for some time now but have come across a glitch, so to speak. The test I had before the last one showed absolutely no trace of the virus. The lasts test camae back wit...
I'm new here and plan to read all topics as time permits. My first question may seem a bit self-centered and I don't mean for it to but none of my husband's doctors have suggested that I get tested. Is this normal? Many thanks!
From looking at previous posts, I appear to be the first to be doing 48 weeks of Victrelis triple (i.e. 44 weeks of Vict.). There are some others following so I'll blaze the trail. For those unlucky enough to be doing 48 weeks, I make the following suggestion. As you are F4 (possibly F3-4), the Sx will be s...
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