I'm really agitated right now with my doctor's office and I'm hoping I can get some confirmation from knowledgeable people here that I'm not crazy. I've had two PCR tests thus far during my treatement: one at 2 weeks and one at 4 weeks. Both tests had this result:HCV RNA IU/ML<15 IU/mL<15 DETEC...
Hello, My boyfriend and I have known eachother for two years and have been together for a few months now, he was recently diagnosed with hep c. He actually found out only because I asked him to get tested. The results came back and it totally caught him off guard. His grandmother had hep C from a blood tran...
HCV Treatment Recommendations Now Includes Information on Prioritizing Patients Under Limited Resources11th Aug 2014 - The American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, in collaboration with the International Antiviral Society...
Hi all,There have been some posts regarding the frequency of Viral Load testing while on treatment.Previously, this was well established. With Peg/Riba, a VL at 4, 12 24 and 48 if required) weeks was standard. With Incivek triple, 4, 12 and 24 weeks were standard, and for the Victrelis triple, 4, 8, 1...
Hello, I had my MRI today and I'm meeting with my Gastro next month to start on the new non-Interferon combo treatment that Gilead and Bristol Meyer have out (I think that's them). It will just be the 12 weeks of pills without the Interferon. I feel pretty good now except for the foggy mind and constant...
Hi All, Just recieved awesome news and had to share. Tom just called me at work to report that his doctor just phoned to say he got the approval from insurance to start the new treatment. We are very excited. He will be taking the solvaldi twice a day along with the ribo 3 pills twice a day as a back up. I t...
So, I was just checking on how thing are progressing for the Abbvie combo, and it appears this combo will be approved on December 21st. Abbvie submitted its New Drug Application (NDA) to the FDA on April 21, 2014 and it was granted breakthrough status in May. On June 13,2014 the FDA granted it priorit...
Greetings all! I've been reading your board for info on the new treatments, and have found it very helpful. By way of introduction, I have genotype 1A contracted through a 1981 transfusion. The hospital wrote to tell me my donor had passed in 1986 of "complications arising from non A non B virus...
Hi, Just got this in my email and thought I'd pass it on. Looks like it is going to be used to monitor patients doing the Sovaldi/Olysio combo for information on how the drug is doing in general population.This email is to inform you about a clinical study of patients with chronic Hepatitis C. The purpo...
New to the Forum, wanted to vent what I am going through with the S/O treatment. Actually it is not compared to the first treatment in 2005, which I did not finish, I was so sick my Dr. took me off the treatment. I am starting my 6th week, taking the 2 pills daily, week 4 my VL went from mls to 35,(good sign) my...
I have been feeling still crappy. my back for number 1. sciatic (sp) nerve pressing down. muscles ache a lot, don't know if that is body trying to get back to normal whatever that is. lol want energy back so bad. I know it will come in time. I have only been off treatment for 3 weeks. I just wish it would hurr...
just wanted to let everybody know that I went in for post treatment hep c test and it cam back undetected!.. That was my 12 week post treatment one.. I did the 48 weeks of victrilous, riba and interferon.. So glad its over and I feel great!.. I have compensated cirrhosis and hopefully my liver will heal a...
I have two kids that I conceived with active chronic HepC. Now that I am on the road to SVR I want to see if my family is all clear. My husband never got it but I'm not sure if my kids did. How do I go about getting them tested? My children will never ever sit still for a blood draw. Never.
well I found out today i am a F2... which what i projected ..... she said she was surprised but i think that was just negative hype then she says the bad news they may deny your TX because your livers not damaged enough like F3... I jokingly said i can fix that :) ... she says Will see ... i gota wait till Dec...
Hey all Just read this fascinating article about the digestion system from the hepatitiscnewdrugresearch.com site. Its a long read but really does a great job of understanding importance of of what, how, when of eating. SIMPLY FANTASTIC Just follow this link below http://hepatitiscnewdrug...
ok I saw where as a hep c person I should not use anyone else's toothbrush ,not that I would cause I wouldn't but I get it because the blood my gums tend to bleed when I brush my teeth anyway here's the question can I re-infect myself with my blood using my toothbrush or nail clippers or any item you are not sup...
This morning I took the last of the S/O. Im tired and have mild stomach aches...but I'm so ready to get cleared and move on,,,,....I felt great during most of the treatments and I hope to feel that good again... overall, it so easy...compared to interferon and ribo,,...walk In the park... so now it's g...
The doctor told me the standard was 12 weeks of interferon/rib/solvaldi???? Treatment recommendations for previous non-respondersRecommendations for re-treating people who did not respond to prior interferon-based therapy include:For re-treatment of people with HCV genotype 1, the pan...
ok lets get things straight I did not vote for the man but I am defiantly reeping the rewards of the Obama care ! I signed up the first go round an immediately went to the doctor an got diagnosed with hep c my doc put in for solvaldi ribavirin an peg pen the blue cross blue shield went ahead an paid for it the fi...
It has been almost 8 months post tx and I've been meaning to write this for a while.I am still adjusting and think about everyone here almost daily.Your support was unconditional and got me through the toughest fight of my life!I am busy just keeping up with work and all that comes and goes in a day.Lif...
Hi all,We have a couple of members on Victrelis, so this may be useful.http://www.msd-ebusiness.be/mcm/20130411-victrelis/assets/DDI%20informative%20document.pdf-- Edited by mallani on Monday 11th of August 2014 08:06:47 AM
It's 2:54am and I once again cannot fall asleep. I know that the lack of sleep is leading to my increasing irritability. I just came back from Plymouth MA, on the ocean near Cape Cod and I should be as relaxed as a bump on a log, but I am not. I broke down the other day and took some Benadryl because I was so desp...
I posted this in the chat box, but doing it here to as I see where in the past I have posted stuff and it went to wrong locations. Anywhoo, I wanna keep up on the one shot cure trials, anyone know where to go online to be able to do that??? Thanks
Hey everyone... I had my 12 week EOT labs done last Thursday and got a VERY chipper phone call from my PA this morning.... UNDETECTED ... SVR12!! I don't have the specific numbers for the other labs but he said LFT's were excellent and my WBC was back to 10.2 which is within normal. For some reason he stil...
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