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[TnHepGuy_]

(Well for the time being at least, my information addiction persists. And as long as I remain in the "chronic-junkie phase", I thought I'd continue to pass some things along.)

<a href="http://www.natap.org/2006/HCV/020106_01.htm">Reversal of hepatic fibrosis - Fact or fantasy?</a>

<a href="http://www.natap.org/2005/AASLD/aasld_61.htm">Study Finds EPO Improved SVR Only in High Dose RBV Group</a>

<a href="http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hep_c/news/2006/020306_a.html">In Whom, When, How, and with What Therapy to Treat Acute Hepatitis C?</a>

<a href="http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hep_c/news/2006/020306_b.html">Hepatitis C Recurs Rapidly after Liver Transplant</a>

<a href="http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/newsRev/2006/NewsRev-136.html#6">Liver Cancer Risk Is High in Hep C-Related Cirrhosis</a>

<a href="http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/newsRev/2006/NewsRev-136.html#12">No Increased Risk for HCV Transmission Through Breastfeeding, Studies Show</a>

<a href="http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/newsRev/2006/NewsRev-136.html#16">Albumin Prevents Liver Complications in Cirrhosis</a>

<a href="http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/newsRev/2006/NewsRev-136.html#17">'Very Rare' Hep B Relapses Reported in Patients on Certain Arthritis Drugs</a>

<a href="http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/newsRev/2006/NewsRev-137.html#1">Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Predicts Cirrhosis Prognosis</a>

<a href="http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/newsRev/2006/NewsRev-137.html#2">MIGENIX to Initiate MX-3253 HCV Viral Kinetics Study in Treatment Naive Patients</a>

[NYgirl]

One of my best friends from the 80s (did I get this from him? LOL) and the first person I ever knew with hep had a transplant. I remember seeing him before with his stomach so swollen but legs like sticks .... I just was so heartbroken and stood by him.  Shortly after his transplant he started getting high again...I don't know if he ever stopped or he tricked the tests with day amounts or something........

I couldn't believe it.  Now he has cancer (liver). What an absolute shame.

I don't know if he regot hcv or never got rid of it or what but...is that a heartbreak?

I have such admiration for you and all you have been through you are SUCH a fighter.

[mikesimon]

Sorry - didn't see that you posted that study already.
About the hep c after transplant: Yes indeed, I can attest to recurrence on a grand scale. I just knew that I had no choice but to eradicate the virus and that is why I did so much TX. I just wouldn't stop taking it as long as the TX appeared to be working. Even my surgeon tried to dissuade from going the whole 73 weeks my lasr TX with warnings of possible residual anemia and other consequences not yet known. He couched his warnings in terms of "transplant patients" & long term TX but I got the impression that non transplants may also be at risk. Mike

[mikesimon]

<A HREF="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-02/fsu-lfs020706.php/">STUDY</A>

Landmark FSU study of Hepatitis C virus solves mystery that has stymied quest for cure

[cuteus]

many positive thoughts sent her way, may she have a swift recovery in all aspects.

[NYgirl]

Hepatitis C recurs rapidly after liver transplant



Extrahepatic sites may account for some viral replication

When a diseased liver is removed from a patient with Hepatitis C (HCV), serum viral levels plummet. However, after receiving a healthy liver transplant, virus levels rebound and can surpass pre-transplant levels within a few days, according to a new study published in the February 2006 issue of Liver Transplantation


http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/medizin_gesundheit/bericht-54797.html

[NYgirl]

Schering-Plough's HCV drug gets fast track  SCH 503034,
http://www.upi.com/HealthBusiness/view.php?StoryID=20060130-103016-7347r

Experimental HCV protease inhibitor to receive fast track approval SCH 503034
http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/E1F717B9-62DE-4324-A3F8-A5FED96F5675.asp


Migenix to start HCV drug trial in Q2 X-3253
http://www.upi.com/HealthBusiness/view.php?StoryID=20060123-024658-1573r


Landmark FSU study of Hepatitis C virus solves mystery that has stymied quest for cure FEBRUARY &, 2006 article
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-02/fsu-lfs020706.php