am i at high risk

[sassygirl48]

I am currently doing a trial harvoni I'm at 7 weeks and on 12 week treatment I did my first blood test and was undetected liver enzimes I am genobtype 1a and  at f3 will my liver heal at all or lower my risk of liver failer or cancer

[AWorriedMom]

Sorry, I pushed post before I finished what I wanted to say. Compared to the old treatment of interferon and ribavirin, the time to undetected is very fast. But the actual healing of the liver is likely the same. The new drugs are not antifibrotics. Wishing you the best.

[AWorriedMom]

Hi SG. I assume you mean that your viral load test was undetected not your liver enzyme tests. Congratulations. Stage 3 fibrosis should heal over time. Your risk for liver failure is gone and your risk for liver cancer is likely gone as well. People who are stage 4 should continue monitoring for liver cancer although their risk is much lower, but not gone, if they have an SVR.

The HALT C trials which included 1000's of patients showed almost a universal complete healing of the liver in Stage 3 patients but it took at least 5 years. So continue healthy life style choices and you should be just fine.

[keepingOnkeepingOn]

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[keepingOnkeepingOn]

As far as what my doc told me yesterdat about these new miracle meds....the answer is your liver will heal. They think it will be rapid. They aren't sure because this is all new but that's what they are thinking. At least being HCV free will top the liver fail and cancer from HCV.