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JPD53


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Thx James. Take care,..

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Thx tybiggrin

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Jan,

Mine went hyper at first too. But then it fizzled out immediately after. My doc explained to me that it's like lighting a crumpled tissue on fire. It goes schwoosh (hyper)...and then it's gone. But if yours didn't burn out right away so I'd bet you're going to be fine. BTW everybody. I know from good sources that the TSH reading is best between 0.4 and 0.8. The docs say 0.5 to 1.5 but it's wrong.

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Thx Eddie. You're thyroid is probably OK. They always do the thyroid (TSH) test routinely before, during and after tx. I'm surprised they're still testing TSH though. I would think they're just testing for viral load to see if you're still clear. Good luck bro.

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Hi joseph,
               I finshed treatment in 2008 but was never told anything at all so dont have much knowledge yet but have had thyroid test included in last bloods so obviously i must have had a problem,will get results on 10th so it will be interesting to see what they reveal.shall inform you when i know more.the more i log on the more pissed i get at the lack of information i was given at time,i just know body messed up somehowconfusecryat least your hepc free though but big price to pay sincere empathy!!!
back at ya soon
  all the best eddie

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Hi,

I did 6 months tx and suffered with overactive thyroid about 3 month into tx. When tx finished my thyroid function returned to normal.  I will have thyroid function tests every 12 months.

Jan x 

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Hi and welcome to the forum from me as well.  I'm sorry to hear about your post Tx problems.  I'm still on treatment, but I know others with post Tx experience will be responding to your post.  Just wanted to say hello and good luck, tysmile

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I'm still on it. But I'll post in the future and let you know. Fwiw

And welcome to the forum. I'm very sorry about your post tx issue.

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Hi Everyone. I'm new here. I completed my pegintron treatment three years ago. I couldn't continue after 2.5 months of the regimen because my thyroid function was destroyed. I no longer have the Hep C. But I have no thyroid and huge psoriasis plaques have developed. I'm a bit pissed because no one seemed concerned about those possible side effects. All the doctors expounded on was to take antidepressants for reasons known to all of us I'm sure. Has anyone in here come out of the peg treatment with thyroid issues? My doctor told me 1 in 1,000 patients get thyroid sides. I think it's a higher percentage than that. So this is a request to all of you to participate in this as a kind of survey.

Thank you.

Happy New Year to All. Keep the faith, J

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