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Serious side effects to pegetron injections
Are there any real bad side effects besides the norn example brain fog and the flu syptoms. Could taking pegetron injections have regretable effects, Im starting injections soon and want to know as much as possible about these injections. My doctor just gave me brochures about the injections and the info is basic at best. I want to know can the stuff kill you possibly put you in a coma things to this nature. I know the up side to taking the medication, but I would like to know if there are any down side to the injections. thank you Steve
I started my treatment 8 hours ago and had no side effects at first ...about 6 hours into it I begain to shake and my joints were very sore .. hot bath really helped and then I covered up on the couch and the shakeing subsided . the worse was over in 3 hours and now im able to sit here and type this post .. small price to pay to be hep c free :)
Hi there-
First i would like to say im from canada... i cannot find any rescources online for ontario... everything just keeps refering me back to the US :( I am a 21 year old female.My boyfriend that i have been with for 5 years has just been diagnosed as HCV Positive Genotype 1. Ever since i met him we have been looking into his health. He is turning 24 on May 11th. He is 6 feet and about 120 pounds. He eats alot...Since i have met him i knew something was wrong. He get severe stomach pain, Chest pains, Soar legs, diarrhea, constipation. No matter what we have done to make him gain weight absolutly nothing works. He is on a healthy diet. We have tried suppliments to fatty foods to everything. I would constantly force him to go to his dr. all his dr. ever said was that he had a fast metabolism and was experienceing growing pains. Back in 1989 he recieved a blood transfussion because he was very sick. which his family doctor was aware of. Last month he had a friend that works for a gastro (something dr. im sorry i forget the proper name) She booked him for an appointment to get a second opinion. When he went in there and was discussing his past history as soon as he mentioned blood transfussion in 1989 the dr immediatly sent him for a Hep C test which unfortunatly came back positive. This is all very new to me and him and right now he is really depressed about the situation so im the one trying to do all the research. Im just so angry inside because no matter what website i go to it states about the high risk of infection with blood transfusions prior to 1992. I cant believe that his family doctor would never even consider giving him a test.20 years later this exact year he just found out. He went for his Liver biopsy on April 7th. We have not recieved the results yet because he set up an appointment with the liver specialist right after his birthday because its so close. (which may i add his family dr. had no part in the referal to either Dr.'s) I have so many questions and I do not know anyone with Hep C to help me. I went out and bought a book, but the lady who wrote it had genotype 2 and it was acute hepatitas. I believe he has had it for so long and untreated it is probably chronic by now if not something worse :( the last appointment he went to the Dr had told him that he wanted to get him ready for pre-treatment as soon as possible. I dont know much about it other than he is Genotype 1 and its most likely Chronic by now and that is viral load was over 3 million. Would this be considered Patient negligence? We dont even feel like we can go to his family dr. because he is really useless. we went in his office for an appointment one day and was reading us another patients file until my boyfriend stated that he had never gone for any of the tests he was talking about. Is there certain things he should avoid eating? is Liv-52 and Milk Thistle any good? Does anyone in here have Genotype 1 and treatment has worked for them? how bad is treatment? thank you all so much for the time to read and respond to this i really have no one else and i need to help him as much as i can.
First i would like to say im from canada... i cannot find any rescources online for ontario... everything just keeps refering me back to the US :( I am a 21 year old female.My boyfriend that i have been with for 5 years has just been diagnosed as HCV Positive Genotype 1. Ever since i met him we have been looking into his health. He is turning 24 on May 11th. He is 6 feet and about 120 pounds. He eats alot...Since i have met him i knew something was wrong. He get severe stomach pain, Chest pains, Soar legs, diarrhea, constipation. No matter what we have done to make him gain weight absolutly nothing works. He is on a healthy diet. We have tried suppliments to fatty foods to everything. I would constantly force him to go to his dr. all his dr. ever said was that he had a fast metabolism and was experienceing growing pains. Back in 1989 he recieved a blood transfussion because he was very sick. which his family doctor was aware of. Last month he had a friend that works for a gastro (something dr. im sorry i forget the proper name) She booked him for an appointment to get a second opinion. When he went in there and was discussing his past history as soon as he mentioned blood transfussion in 1989 the dr immediatly sent him for a Hep C test which unfortunatly came back positive. This is all very new to me and him and right now he is really depressed about the situation so im the one trying to do all the research. Im just so angry inside because no matter what website i go to it states about the high risk of infection with blood transfusions prior to 1992. I cant believe that his family doctor would never even consider giving him a test.20 years later this exact year he just found out. He went for his Liver biopsy on April 7th. We have not recieved the results yet because he set up an appointment with the liver specialist right after his birthday because its so close. (which may i add his family dr. had no part in the referal to either Dr.'s) I have so many questions and I do not know anyone with Hep C to help me. I went out and bought a book, but the lady who wrote it had genotype 2 and it was acute hepatitas. I believe he has had it for so long and untreated it is probably chronic by now if not something worse :( the last appointment he went to the Dr had told him that he wanted to get him ready for pre-treatment as soon as possible. I dont know much about it other than he is Genotype 1 and its most likely Chronic by now and that is viral load was over 3 million. Would this be considered Patient negligence? We dont even feel like we can go to his family dr. because he is really useless. we went in his office for an appointment one day and was reading us another patients file until my boyfriend stated that he had never gone for any of the tests he was talking about. Is there certain things he should avoid eating? is Liv-52 and Milk Thistle any good? Does anyone in here have Genotype 1 and treatment has worked for them? how bad is treatment? thank you all so much for the time to read and respond to this i really have no one else and i need to help him as much as i can.
Hi, I'm a 24 year-old seminarian and I will be undergoing treatment soon. Thanks for soothing my fears. As for the negative side effects and the horrible experiences posted, I'm simply trusting and believing God for healing, by any means necessary!
Hi there,
I’m sorry to hear about your experiences. You probably want to re-post this ion a new thread, by clicking on the ‘post a question’ green button near the top of the page. Your message might get lost mixed in with others in this thread.
Welcome to the message board, and take care—
Bill
I’m sorry to hear about your experiences. You probably want to re-post this ion a new thread, by clicking on the ‘post a question’ green button near the top of the page. Your message might get lost mixed in with others in this thread.
Welcome to the message board, and take care—
Bill
I have been off the "poison cocktail" for nearly 2 months and I was only on it for two months.I thought I had done my homework as far as side effects and figured I would give it a try.I have never been that sick, experiencing nearly ever physical side-effect possible. I was so sick I didn't realize what was happening to me psychologically.
I am bi-polar but for the most part have had that under control for a few years now. There was no way I could have foreseen what this would do to me.
How serious? This serious I am waiting my first appearance in Court for "Unlawful Confinement" and "Assault"
I am a woman 56 years old with no history of violence or any other kind of aggression.
I was in the hospital for suicidal ideation when I snapped, I followed a nurse into the medication room and threatened her with a pair of scissors, demanding enough medication to kill myself.The whole incident only lasted
a few minutes but it has certainly traumatized the hospital staff and myself. No one knows quite how to treat me now as I am a very likable, friendly person and I don't know what will happen with my charges, if a judge will understand this was a residual result of my "chemo"
I spent nearly 3 weeks in the hospital in the psych ward getting me balanced and ready to tackle the world again.
I was delighted to find this sight, I wish I had known about it before my treatment.
I am anxious to find out if anyone has had this serious a consequence.
CDCANADA
I am bi-polar but for the most part have had that under control for a few years now. There was no way I could have foreseen what this would do to me.
How serious? This serious I am waiting my first appearance in Court for "Unlawful Confinement" and "Assault"
I am a woman 56 years old with no history of violence or any other kind of aggression.
I was in the hospital for suicidal ideation when I snapped, I followed a nurse into the medication room and threatened her with a pair of scissors, demanding enough medication to kill myself.The whole incident only lasted
a few minutes but it has certainly traumatized the hospital staff and myself. No one knows quite how to treat me now as I am a very likable, friendly person and I don't know what will happen with my charges, if a judge will understand this was a residual result of my "chemo"
I spent nearly 3 weeks in the hospital in the psych ward getting me balanced and ready to tackle the world again.
I was delighted to find this sight, I wish I had known about it before my treatment.
I am anxious to find out if anyone has had this serious a consequence.
CDCANADA
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