If chronic Hepatitis C escalates to advanced disease that includes hepatic encephalopathy, Lactulose and Xifaxan could be useful medicationshttp://www.hepatitis-central.com/mt/archives/2012/06/lactulose_and_x.htmlReferences http://www.drugs.com/xifaxan.html, Xifaxan, Re...
Hey guys, I'm just curious how pharmaceutical companies come up with such precise lengths of tx. Does it mean that they give u a little extra just to ensure the success? If not, then what, 27 weeks and 6 days would mean a failure? Not that I want to quit, I'm asking ur opinion because I couldnt find an answ...
Going on Week 37 this Friday! Went to the Dr today and Still Undetectable! Every Month you go for your visit you are on pins and needles to see if you are still clear! I am Praying Along! This is Nerve Racking!
went through the triple treatment with Incivek. Finished treatment on 2/17, just got call from Dr's office, virus is back. Oh well, back to the drawing board.
Help!!! Treated last year and relapsed after TX Last Test result was 1, 275,000 Had another test done and it says 5.42 What does 5.42 even mean for HCV RNA? I do not know how to decipher from millions to this 5.42?
Well took my last Teleprevir on saturday. I also did my shot on saturday. Can't really say if one is offsetting the other. Still waiting to feel better and get some of my energy back! Yesterday and last night I had the flu like symptoms and was freezing/shivering. Prob from the interferon shot. Still se...
All of these horrific SX aside, how is everyone's hair? Just wondering. I've talked with a few of you who've had to cut much off. Well, I just got back from the salon; had it cut shorter than ever in my life. I'm sick of having mini heart attacks when I clean the hair catcher daily in the shower. And the...
got my 15 day results,nurse told me thers a liver activity increase tomorrow she will talk with doc. i was wondering is this normal? does it come from the meds? im a bit worried
http://www.hepatitis-central.com/hepatitis-c/what-is-viral-load.htmlYour viral load is the amount of specific viruses that you have, in a given volume of your blood (usually 1 milliliter = 1 cubic centimeter). More precisely, it means that the amount of Hep C genetic material found in your...
Hello,During the last few weeks I've been researching this Hep C, the liver and treatment options. I've been seeing a gastroenterologist for about 20 years and recently saw a specialist. I have an appointment in two weeks and we are going to discuss options. I wanted to put what I think to be true up...
Hi, I just found this forum & feel the need to reach out. I finished week 12 on 2/6. Since then I actually have felt worse. Last night when I was dizzy, short of breath, weak & face swollen like a moon beam my Dr said go to ER & get checked out. Mild anemia. I see my Lahey Dr. on Monday which is close...
Hello, I'm trying to find out where my viral load fits in regards to the over all numbers. I'm at 3 million, 800 thousand. Is this high, low or in the middle? I found the explanation below of viral load, but being a person who requires 40 minutes to correctly set his alarm clock, the explanation doesn't...
Relapse, Non-Responder? call it what you like, but good news kids!!! I'm back at the party. VL Now 2290950 iu/ml Log VL=6.38. No further TX option for the moment here for type 3A. At the moment is have only a 5 score on the Childs Pugh score which puts my Cirrhosis at Type "A" My only real confus...
Today my BF of 6 years found out from the Plasma center that he is infected with Hep C. I am not infected but have been defered as a donor because I am his partner, probably a smart move. I guess what I want to know is whether or not we should begin taking precautions in terms of sex now that we do know he has it. ...
please i need some advice my husband has been on triple therapy for 3 months now and everything is going really good , he takes his shots on friday nights at 5pm, well he forgot today and remebered intill 8:30 pm will this affect his treatment he was 3 !1/2 hours late
After a month of applications & searching for assitance with my medication, I finally got my first shipment yesterday. So, I begain this morning with my riba & also took my first injection. I know most people take their shot at night but I am fortunate enough to be able to rest whenever neede...
after doing 32 weeks of treatment. off of it for three weeks & viral load is 582,000 i just can't believe this. no treatments or anything out there. will have a liver scan monday. i am stage 3 of 4 fibrosis. which i am still trying to figure out are there different stages within a stage. did that make a...
I began my Tx today, Incevik, Peg, Rib....I had a schedule made out but after speaking to a nurse whom informed me that the best time to take Rib is at dinner time since it will keep me awake.... the schedule I had made out was Inc & Rib at 7am Inc @ 3pm 11pm Rib & Inc w/ Peg every Monday night @ 11........
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Any advise on how to minimize the injection site bruising, redness and skin discoloration that lasts for more then 2 weeks? My thighs looks bruised up 2" in diameter. Summer is comming and I look like someone had took advantage of me lol:)
After finally meeting with the G.I. Today, I got the results from my biopsy done in Feburary.
Stage 4, level 3-4. VL of 1.6 mil.
Looks like I will start treatment in July. At martenez CA.
Once I start treatment my follow up appoint ment will be 9 mos. WHAT?
Dosn't look like they will be doing VL test, bu...
I worried about going to my three day national meeting. Generally I'm ok with the Interferon but sometimes I get the bad day. And then this morning, there it was: the nausea, throwing up, headache, bodyache, dry mouth and generally feeling like crap. Being the nice guy, I brought my roommate a cold b...
Okay, has anyone experienced an itchy scalp after having a bad Incivek rash? The rash is gone but my scalp still flares up-- I start around 3:00 everyday and want to scratch my head til it bleeds! I don't go that far but this is driving me crazy! I take zyrtek in the day and a prescription at night for th...
My WBC have increased from 2.3 to 2.7 but Hemoglobin and hematocrit have dropped. I Am constantly out of breath, even when I sleep I breath heavily. At least I know that Incivek is doing its job!
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