Hi, just a quick update - I noticed that some have had problems with neuropathy after the new drugs and kidney problems which I have sometimes. It does get better but can be embarrassing when you fall over in front of your neighbours! Life continues to be good and I even had the strength to take my niece...
I remember when I treated in 2008 there was a lot of discussion regarding steatosis and insulin resistance. Many believed that these conditions made it more difficult to a achieve svr. I'm not seeing anything about that now and am wondering if the way the new drugs work in such a different way that t...
well it will be 4 weeks next friday since that dreaded injection and 3 weeks since the last ugly pill. This week is the best i have felt in a year even though i have never been to jail it feels like i was in solatry for 48 weeks . i find myself want to be out of the house hangin in the shops and wanting to socialisi...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today (24th July, 2015) approved Technivie (ombitasvir, paritaprevir and ritonavir) for use in combination with ribavirin for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 4 infections in patients without scarring and poor liver function (cirrhosis)...
Just received my first refill (thankfully a week before I need it). Its very hot here in the south, and it did not arrive until 1pm via ups. So I measure the temp with my temp gun and it was 96 degrees in the styrofoam container. So I called the online pharmacy, which has been a constant source of errors an...
Hi Everyone! Took my four week tx labs last week and got partial news today by accessing the hospitals patient portal. Good news ~ after 4 weeks on Harvoni my AST 16 and my ALT 26 which is a good drop from where I started!!! Won't have VL results till next week though when I see my doctor. Also my glucose le...
It's been almost 5th wk that I have been on Harvoni. Last week, during my 4th wk, I had blood draw. Results today were VL was undetectable. Have the phone calls on the back burner, and liquidating what ever I can grab in the house I think will sell. Thanks everyone here for your support and advice. Try...
I guess all of us have this fear, of course. So I thought, let's have a thread that's sort of "rate my relapse chance" where you can post your situation, and the next posters can weigh in on it, objectively, because it's hard to be objective when you are in the situations. So I'll start: TX-nai...
I just finished week 1 Viek/Riba, so I'm assuming I have less virus than a week ago. So I'm using a styptic pencil to staunch a little shaving nick; same pencil I used a week ago and just rinsed off after use like the package says. Did I just give myself a fresh dose of HCV from my own pretreatment blood?...
Is anybody having a problem with keeping weight on? I'm so nauseated I can only choke down some yogurt. Losing about a pound a day. Blood pressure way down also. Day 14 harvoni.
This is Monica's daughter Amanda. She started Harvoni in April and finished her 24 weeks. During her treatment she started having pain in her hands and legs along with edema in her lower limbs. She tested negative for hep 7 weeks out. Her doctors could not figure out why she was having these other s...
I started on June 9/15 Harvoni and ribavirin for 12 weeks. Grateful for this opportunity to hopefully remove this from my body and also as cost in cdn$120,000!
I just finished taking my last pill of a 12 week treatment. I have had zero dr visits during the whole treatment. When should I return for post blood work? I read where I believe its 12 weeks before diagnosed as cured? Thanks, Dickey
My doc said to take the meds eight hours apart at 9 and 5 with meals. I've always struggled with being real on time, so I wondered what other folk's experience was with timeliness. Like do you think it's ok to take the morning dose between 9 and 10, and the evening one between 5 and 6? I know it's import...
Hi all, I just got off the phone with my step mom and was told my step brother's Hep C came back after 1 1/2 years! Is that even possible? He was cleared at 24 weeks and did not show any signs of Hep C. He was in a trial a while back and did some wicked regiment that did include interferon. Has anyone else heard o...
Hubby and I are both starting Viekira Pak and Ribavirin tomorrow. Like others, Express Scripts denied the Harvoni our doc prescribed. But that's ok - any port in a storm, right? I'm genotype 1a, and my viral load is 1.1m. I was diagnosed in 1997, but l always had good labs, so the doc said I could wai...
Hi I am on the gilead astral 1 trial sof plus gs5816 or placeabo alt and ast have dropped from over 200 to 30 and 40 All was going great until I went on week 8 gilead have requested a retest dr says this usually means my viral load has gone back up and it is likely I will be removed from trial She was surprised t...
Got the call today from the hospital, I think i am still in shock. Words cannot describe the gratitude I have for the people on this board. Thankyou all. cheers Liam
Greetings all: I took my first pill Friday night 4/10/15. So far so good. I was unsure whether to take it in the am or pm. I don't know if side effects are cumulative but I guess I'll find out. I felt it come on about 45 minutes after taking the pill. Then I got cold and very sleepy. Sleep is strange. I...
Getting my one-month labs taken today after 28 days on Harvoni. So nervous! Hoping my ALT dropped to normal range and that my VL is UND. I'll know on Monday. So far I've had some minor side effects but nothing too bad. Before treatment, my hair was thinning and had a brittle texture. It's back to normal no...
I ate a very small piece of filet mignon, like 3 oz plain today as my body is screaming for protein .. badly,. about an hour latter, I had significant, rebellious , Objection from my liver in the form of pain. . I had a very lean, small LOW fat hamburger a few weeks ago, plain , no problem. . I have al...
So I had my 3 month transplant labs and MRI this morning, and I just got the call I have HCC 1.7 cm in the right lobe....if I could swear here I would, but I guess that's life, no good news is free......so I thought I was gonna beat this bastard of an illness, but it's got bound and determined to get me, I guess...
OH BOY (insert happy dance here) HVC NOT DETECTED!!!!!!! AST 14 ALT 11 My sodium came back 1 pt low 134 and MVP was marked low at 7.4 one tenth of a pt low Platelet 209, sugar a little high 113. I'm a happy camper :) :)
Hi Everyone, wife and I just returned from our Mexico trip and I have been off Vikera Pac for a month. While down there I got red tiny blisters on top of my tan. Started along both my biceps and worked it's way across upper chest area. They seem like blisters. They have subsided now and have dried up. They w...
Hi. I just started my treatment with Harvoni + Ribavirin 12 weeks today. I'm in the UK. I was wondering if anyone here has taken Harvoni while also taking Ursofalk (and Propranolol). Ursofalk is ursodeoxycholic acid, which might be a different brand in the USA. I was reading something about antacid...
Hi, I have just completed 7 days of treatment today and am pleasantly surprised that I have had absolutely no side effects. I just feel like I am taking a few more vitamins. It is truly amazing. I thank God for this opportunity to be in this trial. I was very hesitant to start this as when I got the cal...
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