Alinia undergoing trials for Hep C

[alagirl]

Of course, I am hopeful that my hep c will clear with regular combo therapy.  However, I recently came into contact with a girl from Romark whose mother has Hep C.  Romark is trials both with Alinia in conjunction with interferon alone, as a monotherapy by itself, and as an adjunct to the the combo therapy.  Alinia is an already on the books drug FDA approved for treatment of giardia, which I believe is a parasitic intestinal disorder.  Which means that until the FDA approves it. treatment of Hep C outside the studies would, I suppose, be off-label.  I am posting this info for those who relapsed after first tx to see if anyone else has heard about this tx/drug.

http://www.romark.com/news/08152007.aspx

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-10-2006/0004246208&EDATE=

[dranurag]

has anyone used alinia? I have been prescribed it. Previously failed standard tx twice

[TnHepGuy_]

Very good to see you, too. Hope all is well these days with you and family.

Also good to see our friend back on here. He's a wonderful resource - and a darn good man, too.

As far as obtaining Alinia goes, I haven't looked into it. But there are all kinds of overseas/over-the-border opportunities out there. As an aside, a few years back I was able to get my Mom on an anti-dementia medication one year ahead of FDA approval, since it was already approved in Europe at that time. I found it to be relatively easy to obtain that particular drug at an on-line pharmacy and have it shipped here.


TnHepGuy

[Forseegood]

just heard, on good authority, that you can get it from on=line pharmacies in Canada (though, I think, with a prescription), of very good quality, and at a much better price then here...for anyone concerned...

[Forseegood]

Hi, nice to see you. Well, a friend of mine got theirs in Mexico (another thing I'm hesitant to say) and it checked out pretty well. That's going into a pharmacy there, not online...I think they do a bang up business selling drugs to undercut drug prices here (so does Canada), so maybe they can't afford many quality control issues...When I went online to find out if I could get it from online pharmacies I found out I couldn't, but maybe I didn't know what I was doing. I don't know much about online pharmacy buying...where I'd be hesitant in buying drugs (and a few other things come to think of it) is China. Though I'm sure they are working on these issues.

[TnHepGuy_]

To piggyback onto what willing said: many, many moons ago - before I knew any better - I was considering taking riba as a mono-tx/maintenance. This was around 1996/97 after having failed mono alpha-interferon in 1992 (and getting somewhat tired and anxious of waiting for the promised 'next miracle'). At that point riba was relatively 'new' to the combo mix and was being tested in trials. The further I looked into it the more intrigued I became - and I took it to the point of finding potential suppliers in Europe and Canada where I could purchase it for import. But the more I learned, the more concerned I became about the potential for viral variants/resistance if I were to do riba as mono. And so that was the end of that.

The point of my little story is that Alinia, too, is out there and available, should you so desire - be it Mexico, Canada or Europe. I guess one of the biggest concerns in ordering it, though, would be in somehow trying to ascertain that you are receiving the real McCoy - and not the Alinia equivalent of baby laxative.


TnHepGuy

[Forseegood]

I just found out that the company that has Alinia, isn't really picky about it's form for getting it  (as a financial hardship case) Hesitate to throw that out there, but this is a very serious situation, and sometimes we have to do what we have to do.