Victrelis

[cbw36]

Just started on Vic on Friday. Besides the amount of pills one mush take, I can't seem to get over the nasty after taste. Really chemical like/poison like aftertaste. oh well, poison to the virus I hope. So my question is this: it says take with food, but is it necessary to take with 20g of fat, or is that only for incivek?
Anyone else starting this stuff?

[spectda]

I have no regrets. It'll be well worth it if I SVR which is looking pretty good since I was und at 17 weeks post. I had some pretty bad abdominal pain about 2 weeks after the Vic was introduced that lasted for about 2-3 weeks.  I was in an anemia trial and didn't get procrit until the anemia was really severe which made it pretty rough also.

I didn't become und until week 10 so tx was supposed to be 48 weeks (ended at 44 from low hgb) I was lucky because I wasn't working. For the first 3 months I was still able to walk 3-5 miles a day for exercise and could have worked if it did not require much in the way of physical or mental ability, lol.
-Dave

[can-do-man]

Hi there, i'm not dave but i also treated and i'm SVR thanks to Vic. One thing i would advise is to stay on top of your HGB, once it starts to drop it can go fast. My doctor starts people on procrit once their HGB drops below 11 when taking Vic.

Its very important not to miss a dose and they need to be taken pretty much on time. Besides the added anemia i didn't have much difference then when i did SOC only....... Yeah the taste is nasty, that don't go away, hang in there and best to you.

cando

[cbw36]

How did you find tx with Vic? Any regrets? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[spectda]

"I forgot to squeeze out to 180mcg line. a little extra for those virons to suck on. "
That won't hurt anything, it's not much. People have taken much more extra then that on purpose.

Good luck with the Victrelis. I completed tx with 40 weeks of Vic (plus 4 soc) 5.5 months ago, almost time for the big PCR. I usually ate it with whatever meal I was having or a yogurt for my 10 pm boceprevir jamboree. I had a small frig I kept next to the bed so I didn't have to go far for the meds when tired.

-Dave

[cbw36]

yes, tastes like stricnine.
Just had my first bad weekend. Had the flu like sx. Sucked, but not a deal beaker. I actually now wonder if maybe I didn't screw up with the interferon. I just grabbed the prefilled and injected, I forgot to squeeze out to 180mcg line. a little extra for those virons to suck on.

[willing]

even a moderate snack with VIC seems to be adequate, no fat required. The package insert states "[a meal or light snack]". I'm about to start w12 and make a smoothie from an apple, protein powder and blueberries for my 2:30 feeding (worse than having babies in the house again!)

Seems to work OK - but as far as taste, that's there for the duration. Good luck.