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Margo


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That's just great Lana, that's what I need;) I'll monitor, no pain yet.

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Geno 1b, relapsed in 2009 a week before my treatment was to be over. Started triple therapy on April 28th, 2012. UND at week 4,8,12,24,3 months post tx.
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i have always had lower back and hip problems and found that being on the medication makes the pain worse.  Keep monitoring it.....as I have heard some people develop rheumatoid arthritis while on the interferon.



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geno 1a, mother & brother also hep c +...mom got a blood transfusion and passed it along.  Started tx with incivik 11/23/11 and brother started 2/8/2012.  Both of us und. at 4,8,12 and me at 24.  I am going 36 wks and brother is going 48 weeks.
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Thanks Shep, My joints don't hurt or swell its just they become stiff when I do t move for a while.

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Geno 1b, relapsed in 2009 a week before my treatment was to be over. Started triple therapy on April 28th, 2012. UND at week 4,8,12,24,3 months post tx.
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Hey Margo
I had that a few weeks ago--my hands were swollen and hurting. I actually called the doc's office and they made me come in. They wanted to make sure it was not uric acid (sp?) --the stuff that causes gout (?)--but it appears to have just been a weird accumulation of fluid--it went away slowly. If your joints are red and hard you should call the doc. My PA gave me a topical medication--a liquid ibeprofen that helped soothe. But keep drinking water--hope it goes away soon

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Diagnosed 1996 genotype 1b VL alot tx starting 12/23/11 Victrelis UND week 8!!! 28 weeks of tx

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News,  a friend of mine was on treatment for hep c 6 years ago just with riba and interferon. I remember our discussion about the treatment, before I was going to start mine 3 years ago. He couldnt get up from the bad, felt like crap and said it was a gruesome treatment.  he was lucky that  Incivek was not on his menu back then...



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Geno 1b, relapsed in 2009 a week before my treatment was to be over. Started triple therapy on April 28th, 2012. UND at week 4,8,12,24,3 months post tx.
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In all the world, one thing is certain..... It is always something with Incivek. The tricky part for me was the side effects keep changing and jumping around. So I never knew what to expect. But it works. Real good. So I guess we put up with it. Alan

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Geno 1A  Started Pegasys/Ribavirin/Incivek Nov. 20, 2011 .  Completed July 28, 2012 (36 weeks). For a treatment history, see:  https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/xythoswfs/webview/_xy-9921874_1

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Anyone experiences swelling in the hands and stiffness? Its hard to make a fist in the morning, feels like I'm wearing gloves. I am sure it's from drinking lots of water, isn't that what I'm supposed to do?? Without enough water I itch, with water I swell, isn't it always something with incivek??

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