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High dose Anti-B on tx?

I am working on week 66 of a 72 week tx.  It’s a long haul.  I read here all the time, but today I have a question.  I have sinus infection and the doc has me on 1000 mg of Cipro (antibiotic) and a script nasal spray.  I am also taking 1000 mg of Riba along with my injection of 135 µ of Pegetron.  Now to add to this I’m on 10 mg of Citolpram (anti-d) and ½ sleeping tablet (3.5 mg), Zopiclone.  

My liver biopsy was very good prior to tx.

How much drugs can a poor liver handle?  

I also can’t understand where the sinus infection came from as I didn’t have a cold or flu.  It just happened.

Thanks for any input as I am anxious taking this high dose of another drug.
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254544 tn?1310775732
I wound up on Levequin about 4 months ago (I'm currnetly 54 weeks into my 72 week course of treatment) for a sinus infection.  It bump my enzymes up a tad but my 48 week PCR continued to show me virus free.  Hope this is encouraging.

Mouse
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427265 tn?1444076436
I wish I had some solid advice for you, but hopefully by bumping this up, someone that does will chime in.

My guess is that infections are possible during tx when you consider that our WBC's often tank and that we have to weigh which would be the best course of action - extra meds or longer stress from the infection.

Hopefuly the next 6 weeks or so will pass by quickly for you!

Pam
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