Hi guys,I recently had my 12 month booster vaccination for Hep A and Hep B.After SVR, you may consider reviewing your antibody status for these two diseases. Previous vaccinations often do not confer lifelong immunity, and boosters may be required. I had Hep B vaccine in 1982, but when I was retested...
Considering Ledipasvir and Daclatasvir results for GT3 were pretty mediocre, new gen of NS5A inhibitor GS-5816 showed great results in Phase II (Astral 2) study. Could this be THE combo Sofosbuvir+GS-5816 for all genotypes? Phase III study for us GT3s soon to start, wish Gilead would provide prec...
I am working on my appeal for Harvoni and one of the 3 reasons for denial was: "the requested coverage for Harvoni for a member with hepatitis c is not available" So what the heck does that mean exactly? I'm not sure how to respond to that comment. Any suggestions?
Has anyone been on Fosamax - or been taken off it - when on Harvoni? Tomorrow I have a training appointment at my gastro's and then will start on 12 weeks of Harvoni. I have been taking Alendronate Sodium (Fosamax) 1x per week for osteoporosis which my PCP prescribed. I called the PCP today to ask...
I want to start a thread to talk about this because from what I am reading, there are a lot of people who probably aren't going to qualify for Harvoni (I hope that's wrong), and a lot of insurances are probably going to try to stall to see if they can go with a more affordable option. http://www.medpage...
I started Harvoni on Halloween and will take my last pill on Christmas Day, so I'm almost half-way through treatment. I'm 1a, TX naive. I had my first blood test at 2 weeks. My VL dropped from 315k to 30. I have been having some mild side effects, but my liver tests were good. I'll go in for more tests next we...
Hi All, Had my biopsy 2 day. No varices, 2 reddened areas in stomache, some pancreatis , and the mass is 2.2 at longest part . It is irregular and full of some odd stuff. Necrotic fat and inflammarory cells. 3 passes taken. The DR. believs it is benign. He also did a stain to see if it could be TB. The report i...
Hi All you great people here, Sorry I have avoided coming on this because I was just looking and looking for a Trial to do / Whats new approved? I was getting to obsessed with when can I start TX again. I'd love to hear some feedback on this. To get this good news out of the way I got my doc to test for the resista...
I just got back my viral load results for EOT + 5 weeks and they are still UND. As many of you know, I had to quit treatment early (at 6 weeks) because of chest pain and heart flutters. I still have minor chest pain and the flutters are still here but not as frequent as they were. I'm hoping and praying that my h...
got my 2 week labs back . they didnt do the pcr VL but does this other test mean that the VL is still really high? see pic Jen -- Edited by Sierrajen on Saturday 22nd of November 2014 10:50:33 PM
There is a lot of misinformation out there regarding antioxidants and how they work. I thought I might present the science of HCV and oxidative stress.Redox in Normal MetabolismInflammation is a separate and distinctly different biochemical process than Oxidative Stress, although they ofte...
We are all the products of choices made. I assume that most of us contracted hep-C through various methods related to drug use or by close contact with drug users. I used to hide this fact, but have come to terms with it, most particularly with my children and family. I did what I did, and paid the price for...
Hi guys, It's been a while since my last post. I had lost all hope for I.VF as some of you know I failed TX this year and the drugs are available in the Netherlands but the insurance companies are playing the delaying game with the high price - so no one can access them yet. I have been trying to get on trails, a...
Received that very expensive bottle of Harvoni. Treatment was approved for 12 weeks. Spoke to the pharmacist who confirmed that it's OK for my husband to continue taking the supplements while on treatment. We also agreed that to minimize any SE it would be best if the pill is taken at night. I am pr...
Hi All I haven't been around for a bit, but we learned today that my husband has cleared the virus and is considered 'cured'!. He had his labs last week 12 weeks after completing treatment and was undetected. It was a long road, but certainly worth it. He says that he feels like he has more energy than h...
i have been on treatment 6months savoldi and RIBA geno 1b viral 1.2 million end treatment on 11/18/14 then two weeks later I take a blood test on 12/2/14 like two weeks later .....I thought my doctor said that on this date I would know if I was cured or not.Is this true?
This is my first post after treatment. My treatment ended on 11/11/2014 and the 12th was my blood test. It came back UND yesterday! Now the wait for SVR! Life is good today!
I have Hep C about 25 years and developed Vitiligo around 10 years age. no one in my family has ever had Vitiligo so my question is, has anyone ever heard of any correlation between the 2 conditions. Thanks
Well, here I go ... day 5 on Harvoni... it appears the men are not having any side effects... I wonder why that is?? I am just not feeling myself especially in the mornings and my head is very heavy and hurts off and on. Intense exercise seems to help this problem the most. I am just basically "spa...
The call came today to start pre-screening (March 26) for the open-label study to investigate the efficacy and safety of Sofosbuvir/GS-5885 Fixed-Dose Combination ± Ribavirin for 12 and 24 weeks in treatment-naive subjects with chronic genotype 1 HCV infection. I am wondering if there are ques...
There was a problem merging two threads together and Nick (trip2), your introduction "My Story" was deleted accidentally. I apologize and will try to get it replaced, but will take some time to do. Tig
since stopping his previous treatment my husband has been taking the following supplements all with the doctor's approval. Milk thisle ( reduced billirubin from 2.0 to 1.5 in 6 mo.) cinnamon ( Reduced glucose from 193 to 73 " ) Turmeric Vit. D ( Increased level from 17 to 37 &...
I know that there are so many new people on the forum , but hopefully some of the old timers will remember us. My husband Angelo has been hanging on, not doing too badly since stopping his previous treatment last august, due to too many complications. Yesterday he was approved for the HARVONI. His doct...
okay, in a few I'm going to get my last labs. I will see the doctor on 12/3 and will know if I achieved the golden SVR status. The closer it gets the more nervous I get. But I will soon know. I was UND a month ago so I am hopeful. Thank you for all the support you have given me. Will let you know the results in a few da...
SO I just got back from a Dr. appointment, and asked for a lymes disease test.... No such luck. my Dr said tomorrow they are going to draw kidney function and ammonia levels again. I am still upset at this and am having a hard time trying to deal with the elevated ammonia levels... Any thoughts? Could it be...
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