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Did you participate in the 'ADVANCE' study? It appears to work as indicated.
At that point I just didn't care about the treatment. I just wanted to get back to old me before the treatment (and before the Treatment I was just a happy totally asymptomatic person) Upon my discontinuation my study doctor told me that my Viral Load will get back soon to previous level or it might be even higher.(by the way my Viral Load before Tx was 1,200.000) So when I find out that after 10 weeks I was SVR and then after 22 weeks I am still SVR and most likely I will stay that way meaning I have cleared my virus for good I just couldn't believe it. It took only SIX WEEKS. (not 24, not 48) just SIX. Looks like Telaprevir is really working. Getting back to your case I understand that you went through full treatment 24 months, right? I just wonder what was your Viral Load before the treatment and what stage was your liver? If you can elaborate on your experience during the treatment I would appreciate it very much.
While I know that I was undectable at week 4 and continued through week 24, I continued the full course of treatment. I did not enjoy it whatsoever..LOL. I had rather taken your treatment duration!! However, I pretty much never missed a single dose of the meds while on treatment. I felt a lot of fatigue but never became anemic; by week 24 I was very happy to find out that I was able to stop the meds. I have a lot of respect for anyone who makes it through the full 48 weeks on those meds !!! That would stink.
My viral load before treatment was 3 million. Otherwise, I was in pretty good health. My liver biopsy indicated some slight scarring (stage 1 ??) The first 12 weeks were pretty rough. While it was aggravating having to take the meds 3 times a day (8 hours apart), no one should complain about that.
Do you know how long you had hep C before getting on treatment? Were you in pretty good health? I believe that the Telaprevir medication is on the right track even though some people will have a tough time during treatment. At a minimun, they should give it a try. Who knows, if they make it 6 weeks, they may obtain your same results.
I have heard of a few others that had to stop the telaprevir early due to rash, anemia, etc. around 7 or 8 weeks and they acheived SVR. it has to be that telaprevir just kills the dragon super fast !!!
Congratulations and good luck
At least you know that Telaprevir works if you are taking Telaprevir. You might be taking
placebo instead of Telaprevir right? You will not find out in which study group you are until week 72.
By the way it took me around three weeks to get back to be me again.