India, Mumbai. March 25th, 2015 -Following the non-exclusive licensing agreement signed with Gilead Sciences in September last year, to manufacture and market chronic hepatitis C medicines, Cipla is now all set to make the drug Sofosbuvir available to Indian patients in a week`s time.Full pres...
Patient Community Forum on Hepatitis C The County of Fresno`s Department of Public Health and several other health agencies will be hosting a patient community forum on Hep C. The forum will be moderated by Alan Franciscus of the Hep C Support Project/HCV Advocate. Educators will discuss the basi...
A feeling I have waited for 15 years. Entry into the Honorary Dragon Slayers Society: MCH: 32.5PLATELETS: 159WBC: 4.7RBC: 5.04AST: 28ALT: 30GLUCOSE/SERUM: 101 (DROPPED FROM 177) TIG: You were spot on. What a drop.HCV QUANTITATIVE " UNDECTECTED" ( WOOT) I thank you all for the...
I received a letter from my insurance provider stating I don't meet their criteria for payment of harvoni. the criteria is stage 4 fibrosis with cirrhosis. At this point, I will need a transplant. Needless to say I am very angry and disappointed. My doctor told me on my visit with her that they handle al...
Day 10 on Harvoni, and along with the tinnitus, I think I'm noticing a reduction in sex drive which may be related to the Harvoni. Though I'm not finding a great deal of posts about this online, it seems some others are experiencing this and posting about it. Some are female. Found one post which suggest...
This thing has gone without a hitch. It was only a week and a half ago that my GI submitted the request to my insurer and sent me for additional testing in case they wanted it before approval. Insurance approved in a snap, and a foundation supplied money for the first 90 day copay plus enough left over to...
Please let me know if I should (or should not) question this. My friend went to an appointment for blood work. Doctors told her they are going to try putting her on four weeks of Daklinza by itself. She has not had an ultrasound yet (later this month). Genotype is 3a, treatment naive. Her blood work re...
I leave tomorrow for Italy as the circus begins in Turin in 3 days. The only test I have not done yet is the last VL.( for svr ) and all were excellent. Ast and Alt the best ever. There was some discussion about the VL lab, , doing it at my home, or elsewhere., it is less than 2 weeks until scheduled...
Ok it's been 8 wks post treatment and my labs@7wks are undetectable with Alt 24, Ast26. All my labs seem to be within range, except my testosterone is down to 303 from 540. Most of my post TX pains are gone, hands and shoulders feel good. I have been experiencing quite a bit of fatigue and mental exhaustio...
The UK has decided not to offer a 24 weeks course of Harvoni, Viekira or any other expensive DAA under any circumstance. It has also decided that instead, they will offer 12 weeks Harvoni + Ribavirin only to TX-naive cirrhotics. TX-experienced cirrhotics will not get treatment (not even the 12 weeks...
Just did a full set of STD tests a week or so ago and learned that I tested positive for Hepatitis C. When I went in to the doctor's office to discuss my lab results this morning, they drew more blood to run some additional tests to verify, and I should be hearing back in about 5 days or so. To say this complet...
So I just got my more extensive blood panels back, yay! Some things are really good. AST is 24, ALT 36, all the rest of liver panel, and INR are within range. That's good news. However some stuff is just strange... -Borderline hyperkalemia. I had actual hyperkalemia and dealt with this issue for a month...
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First thing I noticed was my AST and ALT are down to 18, before tx they were both at 34. I assume this is good??Some things I don't really understand...WBC is 13.1 10.8 is the upper end of the normal range. Is this bad?? Is it normal for your white blood cells to increase like this?Red blood count i...
Hi all, Hope to find everyone well. Today is a huge day. It is Tom's last day of harvoni. He is very excited. This last treatment has been a breeze compared to his previous five. Just wanted to share our excitement. We go back to NYC in September for his MRI and he will get his blood work completed too. ...
If you haven't seen this offering from the University of Washington, you need to check it out. Very informative and educational. Be sure to look at the title bar at the top of the page. Thanks to Hepatitis C Online and the University of Washington School of Medicine. UW Treatment Guidelines Objective...
An interesting op-ed with some current trends and results as researched by the author. The graphics and spreadsheet are quite informative.The Holy Grail
Can anyone suggest a dr. in the Denver area for hep c treatment. I just moved here and I'm interested in taking the new drugs on the market. I discovered I had hep in 1999 and have been through all the interferon treatments with no success. I'm now cirrhotic with genotype 3. I've read the latest tx seems t...
In less than a month, I'm out of range in 6 categories that were normal before, and I see a fairly large change in a few others. My doc's office called and told me to get some additional bloodwork tomorrow, so I'm guessing they saw something concerning. I have no energy, my chest hurts, headaches, cou...
Hi all, I was hoping some of you could tell me how bad the side effects were/are for you. I did the whole interferon thing 5 years ago (with Ribavirin) & that was awful. I had a migraine the entire time. Im very sensitive to side effects, so please if you all could tell me what to expect I'd appreciate it...
Hi Everyone, My GI called today with my 12 week EOT labs. I'm still undetectable. My GI said my next labs will be in a year. Thanks everyone for all of your help and support. Best Regards, Lon
Hi all, I am wondering if anyone experienced an elevation in WBCs and Absolute Lymphocytes? Between week 4 and week 9 my wbcs shot up from normal to 17 and lymphs to 12,000. Very odd. Saw doctor and will be following it, but wondered if anyone else had this reaction. Thanks, Maura
I have browsed here as a guest for about a week now, and if I had not stumbled on this forum my state of mind would surely be gone. No words can convey my gratitude toward each and every single person here. A very dear best friend of mine was diagnosed with Hep C a week or two ago. Everything I read tells me I...
Hello friends, I am wondering if anyone on the Harvoni train is experiencing slow but steady weight gain. I am eating normally and continuing to gain weight with each week. I am in week 6 of treatment. I'm wondering if I should expect more gain so I can adjust my diet accordingly. I do not have any strong c...
I've been getting updates from this blog, authored by Greg Jeffreys. He's the guy that documented his travels to India in search of new treatments and DAA's. Very interesting and I know you'll find his journal fascinating. There are a lot of different topics. He's a great advocate for all with this di...
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