i am having a holiday in Thailand after 6 months of riba/solvaldi, as I was on a trial they will not release my results until after my 12 week EOT bloods (6 more weeks to go). I decided to get some blood work done here and it came back with normal ALT/ASt They seem to use a different range here my ALT was 41 th...
Found this interesting. Must be because harvoni is so well tolerated ... The times, they are a changin' New study to examine the effectiveness of community-based hepatitis C treatmentA new study led by the U.S. National Institutes of Health will evaluate whether primary care doctors and other he...
I have had Hep C for who knows how long, diagnosed in 1992. Transplant in 2000, still had Hep C of course which continued to damage the new liver. Tried PegInt/Riba 2x, no luck. Did the Sovaldi/Oylysio, ending dose 12/26/2014. Hep C continues to show "not detected." But in mid-to-late Janu...
Well, good news and bad news. Good news is she wrote the script for harvoni 24 weeks. Bad news is I was right about my fibroscan. 15.5 which is F4. She says not to worry that its just at the cusp of cirrhosis and will most like regress with successful treatment back down to minimum F3. No riba though. She sai...
Is anyone else waiting for 16 weeks after EOT instead of 12 to test for SVR after treating with Harvoni? My doctor is waiting until 16 weeks for a viral load after I treated for 12 weeks on Harvoni with an UND VL at 4 weeks post-tx. Another forum member has been told to wait 16 weeks also, after they f...
Information from the American Liver FoundationDiet and Hepatitis CWHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIET AND HEPATITIS C? Hepatitis C (HCV) is a virus that infects the liver. Up to 85% of people exposed to this virus develop chronic liver disease. In general, chronic HCV appears to be a slowly prog...
Started the blast off countdown today, 9 more days of meds to go (yes I'm counting). Overall the Harvoni ride hasn't been too bad. Hoping and praying to join others in SVR land. I need some of that energy Malcolm has :) Good luck to all on treatment and those awaiting the 12 week golden SVR awa...
I am wondering if anyone has any info on depression after treatment? I completed my treatment just over a year ago and I'm happy to report that I'm still non detectable and my liver scan earlier this month showed that my liver is the same as that of a person who never had HepC. That was very exciting news...
Our new member Charly8 mentioned this new investigational drug from Gilead GS 9857. It is being combined with Sovaldi and their other investigational drug GS 5816. GS 9857 is a NS 3/4A PI. The data is from Phase 1and 2 studies. They are concentrating on both improved SVR rates and shortened treatment...
Just finished 6 months RIBA/solvaldi and am having troubles sleeping due to tingling and restless feet when I go to bed, is there anyone else having or had similar symptoms. cheers liam
Here was my today - 1. Today was my one month weigh in after completing my Whole30 challenge. I lost 9 lbs and fit back in my favorite jeans. 2. I was offered a job I really wanted. 3. I opened my email and there was one from my friend at the lab ( an unheard of week and a half early) and it said, UNDETECTED!! Thi...
excuse my spelling but remembering my way home from work is even a bit tricky these days so pls forgive . i cannot believe i have only 7 games of darts to go and every day is a blessing ? it has been a tough road and still is but the sense of achievment and relief is amazing already it is all about a new life for me...
I received my first lab results. I've been quite emotional all day. So surreal. I'm so grateful and humbled.ComponentStandard RangeYour ValueHEP C RNA PCR QNUndetected IU/mL<15Result in log IU/mL is <1.18.HCV RNA level detected is <15 IU/mL (<1.18 log IU/mL). Thisassay cannot acc...
Fierce Pharma has an article for the Vets. to be concerned. Looks like the VA. cant afford Tx for it's vets. Out of money. A Vermont Senator wants to have Gilead's patent broken and have generic forms made available under some wartime act (?). It seems like the cost is eating up everyone's budget. If y...
My Dr's office just called. Nurse said my viral load went from 11Mil to 54 units. My last triple treatment took my viral load down to 47. I'm nervous my load Is gonna go back up like It did the last time. Im trying to be optimistic. Rick -- Edited by Rickk on Wednesday 1st of April 2015 11:00:33 PM
So happy Your end of treatment viral load is undetectable We will repeat the viral load in 3 months and 6 months. We will contact you again to remind you. When you remain viral negative for 6 months, it is consider cure HEPATITIS C VIRUS RNA PCR QUANTITATIVE Entry Date: 5/14/2015 Component Comments HC...
With cirrhosis how does this affect the way medicines work compared to a healthy liver. Lets say when the doctor prescribes pain meds for surgery on my hand how come the meds: didn't seem to work at the dose prescribe.
Any issues drinking coffee with Harvoni? I take my med at around 6 am daily for the last 13 days now. Within about 15 minuets I drink my once a day coffee on my way to work.
On day 4 now the only side effect so far is this horrible rash caused by pretty much any fabric I wear. It itches so bad. Anyone else went through the same my nurse told me to expect a rash.
My Hep C is back. I took my Sovaldi / Ribavirin like clock work for the first 15 weeks then I was hospitalized 11-3-14 due to an accident and went through 5 major surgerys in which time I missed several doses. Also, during this time my already compromised immune system due to HIV was weakened to a CD4 coun...
Hello It's my first time on the forum and I really need some help. I am a healthcare worker and I was recently tested positive for hep c antibodies and negative in 2 subsequent PCR tests, after a possible exposure at the end of September 2013. You would have thought that this would put my mind at ease, a...
I signed up for a HCV webinar sponsored by Clinical Care Options with Mark S. Sulkowski, Professor of Medicine from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland One of the topics was · Role of Resistance Testing in HCV Re-treatment During the program Dr. Sulkowski said a statem...
Hello, I finished Harvoni about 3 weeks ago. I wanted to comment on how much energy I have now. I used to take multiple naps everyday, now I go straight through a 16 hour day without needing to stop. Before there was a treatment, doctors used to tell me that Hep C was silent and didn't have an immediate i...
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