What have the experts learned abou long term side to date 11-2011 with the new drugs ?

[printze]

I would like to know if the new drugs are really what they say they are , is relapsing gone, and is there long term damage from them or do they just not know yet?

[hostalavistababy]

I should think two heads would be more efficient than one when dealing with myriad of post treatment stress disorders I've seen here.

[willbb]

If you grow another head...not too much too worry about ..from the article Mike posted..both  should be thinking clearly.

[James10500]

UND does not mean you are cured of HCV. SVR means you are cured of HCV and if you reach SVR you have +99% of chance of remaining HCV free. Will that number change?  An interesting question, let's hope it doesn't!

[printze]

That's what afraid of

[mikesimon]

Wait until people start growing another head.

[hostalavistababy]

And until enough time has passed that specific long term side effects are directly associated with the DAA's unfortunately interferon will continue to be blamed whether it's the cause or not.

[spectda]

We don't know a lot about long term damage because they have not been around long term. There is no claim that relapsing is gone, but the chance of relapse is reduced. As always you have to measure the potential for damage from HCV with the potential for damage with the drugs.
-Dave