please help .

[tonyynot12345]

I have had hepc for 13 years, failed 2 rounds of interferon treatment. I was on huge amounts of pain killers for 12 years.. I got off the medication as it was just becoming less and less affectiove, and started using milk thistle and other homeopathic remedies. well after about 2 years, they no longer help and I am in unbeleveable pain again. However doctors now say i should have a section of my liver cut out. ( pain management doc told me this ). my primary care doc said i have chronic pain and that such an operation would never be done ( liver resection ). so now what do i do ?  primary doc says pain management should prescribe meds for me , but they wont. ??? what can i do ? is there any medical papers supporting giving pain meds for hep c ?

[Jawisapain]

HARVONI is a fixed-dose combination of ledipasvir, a hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5A inhibitor, and sofosbuvir, an HCV nucleotide analog NS5B polymerase inhibitor, and is indicated for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) genotype 1 infection in adults (1)
------------------------DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION-----------------------
 Recommended dosage: One tablet (90 mg of ledipasvir and 400 mg of sofosbuvir) taken orally once daily with or without food (2.1)
 Recommended treatment duration (2.1):
 Treatment-naïve with or without cirrhosis: 12 weeks
 Treatment-experienced without cirrhosis: 12 weeks
 Treatment-experienced with cirrhosis: 24 weeks
 A dose recommendation cannot be made for patients with severe renal impairment or end stage renal disease (2.2)

[keepingOnkeepingOn]

That's a tough one. The liver doesn't like all those pain medicines. I'm surprised you had a script for it. Most Docs will not prescribe it when you have liver damage. What about a pain management class. The liver doesn't feel pain so where is the origin of it? Do you think you got hooked on them? Please listen to your primary care doc and don't let anyone cut into your liver unless they are an expert on HCV.