My insurance company has my urgent appeal for harvoni, It was mailed last Thursday by priority mail. I was told that it had to be mailed, not faxed? They received it Tuesday, and in put it in their system yesterday. They told me yesterday, that they will make a decision today or tomorrow. I will make a lo...
The long-awaited new Hepatitis C drug (Sovaldi) will be available on Spain`s national health system shortly, but only for certain patients. According to Dr María Londoño from the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona, a member of the Spanish Agency for Medication and Healthcare Products, the drug Sovald...
Hi, I got my results and its almost funny. The Drs assistant asked, "Why are you here, you've had this for over five yrs and its hardly grown, you have no S&S of pancreatic Ca. " All I could say is someone at the ECU family pratice didnt read the Hx and didnt ask questions." They jus...
HARVINI: Day 3, All and all, feeling pretty darn good. Only a little bit of a slight headache. only a few times. Just a slight achy, not much. A little tired here and there. A little brain foggy. The only other meds I have taken in three days are a multivitamin +50 and a baby aspirin. I had indigestion almos...
Hi,everyone just started going on my 3rd day, and SE very mild including a little insomnia which is getting better, have no head aches. does anyone know if nicotine can effect tx?
A recent article in JAMA concludes that life expectancy for patients with cirrhosis from HCV who attained SVR is comparable to the general population. I don't have the article, but I have attached a link to a press release about the November 12th publication. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_rel...
Fewer Americans are living with hepatitis C, because more have diedMarch 03, 2014|By Karen Kaplan Interesting sniptistics from the article: "Overall, 81% of all people with chronic hepatitis C were born between 1945 and 1965. This is why the CDC recommends that all people born during that wi...
As you all know, this agent was FDA approved on Friday. Although I would have expected that it would be available immediately, it is not. When I spoke to the pharmacist who works at the specialty pharmacy, Mckesson a large distributor does not have it in stock and the insurance company does not have t...
Just got the results from last Friday which would was the completion of week #2 on treatment. I really cannot believe the results! In over 40 years I have never had normal range levels, YET here they are! Such a difference from labs drawn prior to start of treatment!! SGOT - 37 SGPT - 41 TOTAL BIL - .8...
Harvoni scripts were ~ 4,400 for last week in the USA. Averaged out that means only ~ 88 people per state were approved (and this was the highest week yet). That doesn't seem like many from a patient's point of view. BTW, I am beginning to HATE Pharma investors. They talk about these drugs as if they we...
well the plan set forth is she put in for 8wk course of Harvoni...... she says more then likely they will deny :) of course they will but she says if they deny you 2 times then you can go to Gillead on that support path thing and go that route...... she explained it very methodicly as to state that this how i...
My new doctor, Dr Li in New York wants to start me on a 12-week Harvoni medication. I hope my insurance give authorization. What I want to ask is information of getting copays covered by the drug company. Is there such a fund by the drug company that one can apply for. Wish me luck!
Hi all, I'm finally nearing the date of my gastroenterology appointment - at the end of this week (the doctor was booked solid even before Harvoni was approved). I am really excited to ask for Harvoni, but I am worried that I will be denied, because I am not sick enough. I guess there is not much use in worr...
Hi Everyone,My Gastro was waiting for Daclatasvir to be approved this month so he could get insurance approval for the Sovaldi and Daclatasvir combo treatment. I read that U.S. regulators have declined to approve Bristol-Myers Squibb's daclatasvir as part of a combination hepatitis C treat...
It's been 5 months since completing S/O/Rib Tx and for the most part I feel great. At least most of the Hep C symptoms have gone away. I started getting joint and muscle stiffness about 1 month after Tx and it hasn't gone away. I mentioned it to hep c clinic nurse and she said it is common with interferon tre...
I read so many happy accounts prior to starting treatment even though I was nervous, I thought it would be easier. I've been trying to stay positive but I'm kinda crumbling a little here. Not riba/peg crumbling but it's not easy either. Wondering now if my small stature is accounting for the unrelenti...
Not sure if this is the correct area but I posted here since it is related to the drug access problem that has been our forum's focus of late. For those of you shopping today who would like to help the Treatment Action Group to fight the insurance & pharmaceutical companies you can choose to shop on Am...
Bristol-Myers Squibb Receives Complete Response Letter from U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Daclatasvir, an Investigational Treatment for Hepatitis C "Despite the recent advances in the treatment of hepatitis C there remain significant areas of unmet high need in this disease are...
I finished my triple 12 week therapy with Sovaldi. I have taken my last pills on November 6th and had an RNA PCR test on the 24th of November. Awaiting for results. Doctor said I will take another PCR test 3 months later. I have a feeling that I have relapsed as I started having chills and fever, and some it...
please enjoy your turkey coma and leftovers... and if you live outside of the U.S i say eat sumthing and um give thanks for faily friends... things you like.. and give thanks for Hep C Discussion Forum my gastro appointment is monday iLL let you know what she intends to outline as far TX now that my six m...
It seems so many HCV sufferers are getting tunnel vision about Gilead and their wonderful(yet elusive)wares. They really are not the only player in the race for efficient HCV treatment. Aside from the other big names there are other companies doing good things. I stumbled across one such place call...
Has anyone had any smudged WBCs on their CBC with Diff? Commom with blood cancers with high WBCs, But we dont have high WBCs. Its when fragile cells break, but is it common for cirrhotics with low counts, caused by marrow failure. MIchaele Happy ThanksGiving Goggle Gobble, Who is that? A turkey...
What I've Gained & what I've Lost after all these years with HCVGenerally most people gain perspective over time regarding events that happen in their lives. We who have lived with HCV for many years, some of us for up to 40 years and beyond have learned many things about ourselves. We have learn...
Great article w/ lots of resources.How to Appeal a Health Insurance Denialhttp://guides.wsj.com/health/health-costs/how-to-appeal-a-health-insurance-denial/"Another key resource is the nonprofit Patient Advocate Foundation, which handles health-insurance appea...
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