Hep c and xanax half-life

[crazyhorse1660]

I have just started taking Xanax .5mg. I used to take it quite awhile ago.
Ive noticed that(and im finding it hard to believe) that the effects stay with me for more then 1 day!
I cannot take it as prescribed or I will be a zombie.

My question is, can Hep C prolong the half-life of this drug to the point of only being able to take one dose a day?

[merlino]

Any chance the two of you can come with me on my next appt? I have added all this to my list. NYGirl, I didn't question my Dr when he told me about the Riba, figured he knew best, plus I was such A nervous wreck I forgot so many things on my list of questions.  It was just a few days ago I was reading someone else's post and started to question it. I am A Genotype 1 -VL 4Mil - didn't have a biopsy just a fibrosure which showed high inflammation no fibrosis. I can't wait for newer drugs. My Ex has ESLD. My kids need a well mom. FLGuy - I will make sure my Dr has me well prepared for the worst. Now,if I can just calm down some. I have myself such a mess. Not good.
This is a good lesson for newbies. Ask lots of questions. If you don't you will have yourself confused and really scared like me.

[merlino]

Thank you both. NYGirl, I am short and skinny!!  Now I am sitting here crying like a total a$$. I am letting this get the best of me today. I will be back with probably a hundred questions on my shot night. I know between me having a good caring Dr. and good caring people here I will be OK.Talk to you all soon!

[NYgirl]

How has your doctor come to 1,000 a day of Riba if you ARE short and skinny?  I mean I'm tall and skinny - and weight based for me would only have been 800.  Why is he even asking you to do this much if your "weight based" would only be 800?  It doesn't really make sense to me.

Did you ask him WHY he wants you on so much Riba?

If it is bothering you this much I would certainly have a talk with him.  Tell him that you understand the weight based dosage is what most all doctors go on and that for your weight - it's not 1000.  Tell him you are very concerned about having to stop treatment because of the side effects of anemia - what IF Procrit does not work in your case (and hey will he even prescribe it?)

One of the most common reasons people quit is they can't handle the anemia and he has to know that.  I'm actually confused as to why he wants to push it so far.

What are your stats again?  Things like that go in and out of my head and well...there is a lot of air in between my ears!

[FlGuy]

There are a few things that you can do, think about, ask your doc about.  A lot of folks, before tx, deal with their anxiety chemically in advance of tx start and for you tx is just one of the many boulders on your pile.  1000 mg is probably going to turn out to be right for you.  There are very few people who are not impacted by hgb to some extent. Not all require procrit but a lot of folks scrape the bottom of the enegry barrel.  When you see the doc on 10/3 walk away with a plan to treat the hgb. When you hit that pre-determined level get the doc to act quickly. To do so, you'll need a pre-tx cbc to get a baseline number and then fairly frequent cbc's early (I'll have them weekly til week 10 or so then bi-weekly) in tx to get a handle on how hgb will react.  It may be helpful to have the doc inquire of you insurance co if approval a specified level/reading is a concern.  You've read here that procrit/epo/aranesp can take a couple of weeks to kick in and if you're impacted by low hgb/anemia those are a couple of weeks you're going to feel it while you continue to swallow the riba until the calvary arrives. And, procrit is not usually a one-shot deal.  If you get anemic ther's a balancing act to get to the right dose and frequency to modulate hgb against tx.  Maybe you won't get slapped with anemia, but have a plan with the doc in case.  It's important not to respond with a riba/ifn dose reduction - especially early in tx.   Maybe Rocker, or others, have some ideas for nutritional enhancements for hgb levels.  I think I remember a thread on beets, for example.  A lot of this stuff is in your head now but in just a few short weeks it's going to migrate to the more southern parts of you.  Overall, to quote NYG, it is doable.

[FlGuy]

I looked at the Roche and Shering perscribing information.  When I read Roche's it appears 1000 mg is the dose, Shering's looks like 800.  If you consider 15 mg per kg (at your weight)it's 800. Although we'd like tx to be an exact science, it's not and we are all different.  A funny thing (maybe not so funny) happened at my tx doc's this am.  I brought him the recommendation from the the big liverhead and nice, neat little spreadsheet that showed tx weeks, pcr schedule, cbc schedule, dosage for both peg and riba. A nice neat package.  He said he also wanted periodic TSH and LFT's.  I thought great we'll get the whole 48 weeks mapped out and he started writing all the rx's right there as we talked and went through the 48 week calendar.  Then, he pulls out this neat little laminated wheel thing (Shearing logos all over it) and turned it to week 2 in the window, then week four, week 8 and so on.  As he did, he was scribbling the rx's for the blood work all according to the little wheel provided by Shering.  Point is, if I hadn't gone to see the big liverhead to get a plan 'personalized' this guy would have just been spinning his wheel and maybe mine too.  At some point, you'll get to a place where you are comfortable and the only thing left is to shoot, swallow, roll up your sleeve and just try to make it through the best that you can. Unless I'm missing something the only open item is 800 or 100 riba per day.  You're just about ready for launch - you'll be fine.  By the way, I drove up north this weekend and saw the shuttle launch and that was waaay cool. You're next on the pad.

[GoofyDad]

You're the man, dude!