My wife, Julia, and I have written on this forum before. She has been waiting for the new medicine because she's afraid of interferon, but her viral load keeps climbing. It was at 4,000,000 in the beginning and now it's at 10 million. We get conflicting information from doctors. So far she has been...
For what it's worth... "Gregg Alton, Gilead's executive vice president of corporate and medical affairs, declined to give an exact price for the new medicine, the first all-oral treatment for the virus which is expected to launch next month. The total cost of the current treatment is $95,00...
The pharmacist at Accredo advised me to avoid the sun for at least 3 weeks after ending treatment with Olysio. I'm doing this, but wonder what people on this forum have experienced as far as being able to go out in the sun freely again.
My albumin level has fallen to 3.0 from 3.6 since I started treatment. At the same time my alt and ast has normalized (alt 30 and ast 34), my platelets have also increased from 205 to 260.My doctor says everything looks good but I'm worried about falling albumin.
New info regarding Olysio drug interactions with immunosuppressants: On September 5, 2014, FDA approved revisions to the OLYSIO (simeprevir) label to update section 7: Drug Interactions and section 12: Clinical Pharmacology with new data and recommendations regarding coadministrat...
Well, I received official word today that my insurance company has approved both Sovaldi and Olysio WITHOUT ribavirin. They initially denied me, but Dr. Paul Martin wrote a letter of necessity and they reversed their original decision. The representative from Skyemed pharmacy told me that withi...
I haven't posted in a while, however, I wanted to share my latest labs.....All within normal limits and UND after EOT +12 , Officially SVR and given the lable of "CURED." S/O was a blessing for me. Congrats to all who have reached or are reaching that SVR - I know there are a slew of folks at t...
Ya im reading through the responses on the other thread of stupidity i posted yesterday but i thought i should let you know .... lets see they say deffinete tumor or cancer in his prostate ... deffinite tumor in 1 kidney.. and just minute traces of cancer in his bones.... i hear thier operable........
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An all-oral regimen of 3 direct-acting antivirals plus ribavirin taken for 12 weeks led to sustained virological response in 94% of HIV positive people with mostly genotype 1a hepatitis C coinfection in the TURQUOISE-I study, according to data presented at the 54th Interscience Conference on An...
I am so excited - the clinical nurse has just called me to say I can start meds. Never thought that I would get this chance. For everyone do not give up hope.
My husband was diagnosed with Hep C several years ago. At that point, he had 5 million copies. He refused to see a liver doctor or even discuss treatment until he was eligible for Medicare because of the cost of treatment. In the meantime, he took milk thistle every day. He got Medicare on August 1st,...
Good morning All, im im calling for an appt. this week, to determine the severity of my hep c. I want to have a list of questions to ask after the tests have been run, so I will have all the info like most of you have at the bottom of your posts. I don't know what any of it means yet but you guys could help me furt...
As I read the stories posted by the majority here I can see how insignificant my own situation is in comparison to many here and I am ashamed to post any longer. Good luck to you all. Thom
I started medicare two years ago. I kept the health insurance I had carried for twenty five years with my job, as the supplemental. I pay thru the nose for the supplemental but now of course I'm very glad I have it. I see a specialist every month for chronic pain, have been for 17 years and since I've sta...
The Methodist University Hospital complex where I go to see my Tx Dr. is comprised of a huge area with acres and acres of buildings built in various different decades and re-engineered to all "fit together" and work fine. (And if you believe that then I have my bridge on sale today for 1/2 pri...
Hello, I took the interferon and ribavirin treatment 4 years ago and was told by my doctor that I was free of hep c. A recent blood test showed that it's still in my system, and my Dr. (not the one who gave me the treatment said I'll always test positive since I've been exposed to hep c. Does anyone know if thi...
Hi friends,Im glad that using Sovaldi is already common in USA , (Although,I know that many people can not access it,without health insurance).Here in Spain, in July, the government said that he had an agreement to buysimeprevirtreatment of 3months, for 25000 Euros, (Peg /Ribseparately)...
Hi All, I have been busy trying to get the story of my diagnoses and this is something I have never really encountered. Aft about a month, I have had no success in getting a Dr. Some of it is Insurance issues, others it is system. I was able to get the reports today.. Besides the bleeding ulcer I had, ...
Key Points: NICE draft recommendation for SofosbuvirPLEASE NOTE: This is draft guidance; NICE has not yet issued final guidance to the NHS What is recommended for treatment on the NHS?Sofosbuvir, interferon and ribavirin for adults with:Genotype 1Genotype 3 with cirrhosisGenotype 3 who have p...
I realize the importance of complying with a tight schedule while on these Rx's, and I have devised several reminders and fail safes in order to ensure my not missing a dose as a result of my own forgetfulness, or lack of attention etc. I would hate to think how far off the chain I would go if I was forced to...
Just wondering how many of us out there made it to the SVR 12? I know Maddie did -- hooray? anyone else? I'm only 6 weeks post tx and UD but it'd be good to know how many of us made it to the official finish line UD! Thanks and light to us all on this journey to health. OMJ
Hi I am new here but I have just started the sovaldi/olysio combo. 4 days in and no side effects. When I was diagnosed they told me my viral count was low and there was only a 50/50 chance of cure so wait. Since then I have been diagnosed with Congestive heart failure and at 48 need a heart transplant. Well y...
Wednesday, August 27, PRINCETON, N.J. - Bristol-Myers Squibb today announced that the European Commission has approved Daklinza (daclatasvir), a potent, pan-genotypic NS5A replication complex inhibitor, for use in combination with other medicinal products across genotypes 1, 2, 3 and 4 fo...
Hi all, I have been pretty busy lately so I thought I would pop in. Well, I still haven't started treatment. I can't have Solvadi until September. The damn insurance companies are making their "plans" because of costs, so Gilead won't be supplying until then. Since I have been delayed furt...
Hi All, I've been posting here and there for a while and never dropped by here to say hi. Soooo....hi! I probably acquired Hepatitis C sometime in the late 1960s. I was diagnosed in 1989 and my gastroenterologist, after a biopsy, said I should stop drinking and then forget about it as it would never deve...
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