Anyone know where I may procure some blackmarket Hepatitis A virus?

[St. George]

Read This.

http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hep_c/news/2006/120506_b.html

[northstar]

I attempted to go to that site,had a little problem. Was it the Q and A thing?
I actually read some very uplifting stuff there.

They said that experts are reevaluating geno 1 length of tx.
IF: they reach UND at 4 weeks, have significant sx, they see no reason for them to continue for the entire 48 weeks, that 24 should be enough.
For me that would be great news. I was UND at 4 weeks, and I quit the stuff at 25 weeks cuz I had a zillion sx, way beyond the depression stuff. No AD was gonna fix all the cr3p I had going on.
Anyway, thanks for the heads-up,.........that is, if I even went to the correct site

[Penelope1911]

WOW!

[jboyhk]

The same effect happens with coinfection of Hep B and Hep C. Usually one wins out, but you are stuck with the winner. If you are lucky it is inactive Hep B.

[orleans]

Where did you find this(about the short tx)?

[chcnme]

Wow! Interesting.

Hi Northstar, I'm interested too if you can give details on what you're heard (or from where) about shorter tx for 1a's.

[northstar]

Hey, this is a little bit of hope, and Im gonna hang on to it.
Sorry about the poor way I posted that. I should have put link at top, instead of bottom. I just copied the question and answer so I wouldnt misquote something.

[chcnme]

lol I don't care how you put the link! You did just fine! Thanks a bundle.  I'm going to go read some now.  I'm very interested in this.

[northstar]

I was diagnosed last year with genotype 1a hepatitis C. My viral load was 729,000 copies and my liver fibrosis was stage 2. I just completed 37 out of the 48 weeks of treatment. My HCV viral load has been undetectable since my first month on treatment, but I had to stop therapy due to eye problems. I am trying to find statistics on sustained virological response in people who had to stop treatment early. Do you know this information or where I could find it?

  Answer by Mack Mitchell, MD  
Dr. Mitchell is Director of Gastroenterology at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center,
Baltimore, Maryland and Associate Professor of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

There is now data to suggest that people with genotype 1 HCV who have a rapid virological response (negative HCV RNA at four weeks) have an 88% to 92% chance of sustained remission. The results seem to be equally good in those treated with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin for 24 weeks compared to 48 weeks. Although this has not become standard practice, many experts now believe that it is acceptable to stop treatment in rapid responders with significant side effects without adversely affecting the sustained response rate. For more information, here are a few recent references:

D Jensen and others. Early identification of HCV genotype 1 patients responding to 24 weeks peginterferon alpha-2a (40 kd)/ribavirin therapy. Hepatology 43(5): 954-960. May 2006.

S Zeuzem and others. Efficacy of 24 weeks treatment with peginterferon alfa-2b plus ribavirin in patients with chronic hepatitis C infected with genotype 1 and low pretreatment viremia. Journal of Hepatology 44(1): 97-103. January 2006.

P Ferenci and others. Hepatology 42 (Supplement 1): 218A. October 2005.

I typed the link below, the actual question and answer are almost at bottom of page
http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/doctor/topics/hcv1.html#120106a

[copyman]

hey St george, no need to procure HAV on black market. just eat at different resturants everyday for 1 month in china town and good chance you will get HAV....LOL