New Hepatitis C Treatment Needs No Antiviral Boost Release Date: July 1, 2015 FAST FACTS: A study of nearly 2,000 patients showed that adding ribavirin to the combination of ledipasvir and sofosbuvir had no benefit in treating hepatitis C. Patients taking ribavirin along with the combination we...
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Finally after waiting 2+ weeks got my post 12 week results my Dr. emailed me back NO VIRUS. I haven't got it in writing but I emailed her back to get it. I want to say again thank you Its been me, my wife and you guys getting me thru, this was a godsend. I know I haven't added a lot but ill still be in the wings s...
Hello everyone, I just stumbled upon your forum and enjoyed reading your posts with each other. It's so nice to see such support. I am 53 years old and the mom of two young kids. I had them in my 40's and had such fatigue after my daughter that the doc ran an arbitrary liver panel. That's how they found HCV in...
Hi all, I am now post treatment with an undetected viral load. However, I still have kidney involvement which is listed below in my signature. I will be seeing my nephrologist at the end of the month. My GI doctor said the Hep C treatment would halt the progress of the kidney disease and eradication...
Hi all. Looks LIke Im SVR.. WOOT me. platelets lowish at 117, all metoblics normal, FibroSure F2: down from F4 last year. WBC are 4,5 but I was on prendisone for 5 days do it went up 0.1 , So Im thanking God ; and All of you for putting up with me. I really dont give alot of creadence to Fibrosure , but Dr does....
I have been ot for 1 week now and so far no bad side effects...just wondering IF you are going to have any side effects would they be in the beginning of treatment...or possibly later on?? Your thoughts???
Called same # as given last Wed. when I was told about not qualifying for help on my second mo. worth of Harvoni. This time the person that I talk to was quite disgruntled that I was told I did not qualify for assistance and that I was also taunted with "too bad if you have to stop treatment." Tod...
1/2 way into my 12week Harvoni treatment I noticed a major life change. I started to feel a new certain overall wellness. Since I got sober 20 years ago I have slept horrible. A lot of mornings I woke up feeling worse than when I went to bed. Im talking about a feeling of being extremely tired in the head. Al...
I went to have blood draw on Monday 22nd.. and I am scheduled to see my Doctor on July 1st. My Doctor's assistant just called and told me she had just received my results, she said she could not give me the exact numbers, but my original VL of 1088500, has now dropped to a double digits number. is that p...
I had CMP done this past Wednesday and the nurse called today and said everything came back normal. I asked her what my ALT/AST numbers were and she said: ALT: 20 AST: 22
Hi everyone, Just wanted to check in. I felt so well that I was able to go on tour with my friends in Girlschool in the US. I was tired but that was due to lack of sleep. I was so happy to have the opportunity to visit places that I have never been. The drive from San Fran to Portland (stopping off along the...
I just got my 4 week lab results. HCV RNA PCR QT (IU/ML) is 97 Reference <15 HCV RNA PCR QT (LOG IU/ML) is 1.99 Reference <1.18 This makes me nervous. Has anyone else NOT been undetectable at 4 weeks and still go on to be Undetectable? Taking exactly as I should. With food twice a day within the s...
hi am wondering if any one has had same tx for hep c.was on solidi daclatisvir and riba.a 12 wk course.am now svr.am still dealing with post tx effects of tx.would be good to hear of any one who has had same meds
I can't believe what a wreck I am after taking my 12 week eot blood draw on Saturday. This is way worse than my 4 week eot which I was undetectable. Reading this forum helps a lot but WOW. I had a message from the clinic in my mail and I shook looking at an appt. reminder. I haven't been dealing with this very lo...
I just woke up and have been blessed with an email my from my Dr's office... Hep C Virus RNA (PCR/NAAT) No HCV RNAdetected. Hep C Virus RNA (PCR/NAAT) Not calculated The assay is quantitatively accurate between 15 and 100,000,000 IU/mL. I am overwhelmed. Thank God. I finish week 6 of 24 tonight. I sti...
My blood pressure yesterday on HARVONI was 92 over 52 / Now at 4;40 pm today with no HARVONI pressure is 142 over 83 .......... Yesterday dose was #20 at 6:00am (symptoms that I've been experiencing since I started the HARVONI) Thirst Loss of Appetite Fatigue or Weakness Chills ...
Hello Everyone, I started treatment with Harvoni today and am excited and scared all at once. This has been a long time coming for me and am so grateful that I am getting treated. I hope to walk this journey with all of you!
Well, I fished my 8 weeks. My last lab was totally undetected VL. I was feeling ok. Today, I feel like I got beat in the head with a shovel. I didn't have any severe side effects my entire treatment, but they did appear mildly. I'm not a coffee drinker, but that's what got me through the fatigue. I'm so happy...
I recently failed the 24 week Harvoni Treatment. I'm also Cirrhotic, decomp and a previous non-responder. My docs informed me of one other incident of this happening in my area, so i'm curious to see how common it is. for reference i failed Sovaldi Olysio last year as well, i zero'd out on both treatmen...
:) thank you guys for your condolences... well aside from all that i already listed my boss at the state buildings which i havent worked at in months like 5 or 6 or who knows... he let me keep my id badge even when i tried to give it back he said you just keep that.... proabably cause he knows i only drop...
Got the blood test results after 24 weeks of Harvoni at 4 weeks EOT today. Everything looks right. Feeling much better, joint and muscle pains are gone, don't feel like I am dragging around in dead body anymore, energy is slowly coming back. Only thing is a painful knee joint arthritis flare up that is...
NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., June 24,2015AbbVie today announced TURQUOISE-III study results demonstrating 100 percent (n=60/60) sustained virologic response at 12 weeks post-treatment (SVR12) in genotype 1b chronic hepatitis C virus infected adult patients with compensated liver cirrhosis. Pa...
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I was doing a search on here and found myself drawn into the journey of a beautiful young woman named Helen Frances. Far from ordinary, this woman and her deeply sad story has both captured and consumed me these last few days. The battles she faced from the beginning of her hep journey,through to her las...
http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2013-2017/2015HLTH0014-000386.htmNEWSB.C covers two curative hepatitis C drugs VICTORIA British Columbia is providing public drug plan coverage of two new...
Greetings, I the new guy, and I began the new Harvoni treatment on 03/21/2015 and as of today there is no, ZERO virus detected in my labs. I am so happy, but let me say it was a difficult path to success. The involvement of my Congressman and my Senator were required to get my medical provider and pharmac...
All Wales Medicines Strategy Group has recommended Daklinza (daclatasvir) to be used, in combination with other medicinal products, as an option to treat eligible NHS patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease. The All Wales Medicines Strategy Group (AWMSG) has recommended D...
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