Yeah, leery's the word, as long-term after-effects would be the great unknown here.
If anyone has access to the chemical structures of the trial drugs, I have an old boss that is a Ph.D. in synthetic chemistry that will look at them and tell us if it's something that will really screw us up
no one can tell how medications will consistently act once they are used by a wide variety of individuals, even the ones on the market already.
with a new drug in phase 1, all you have is the animal studies, no matter how much you google the term.
if you have insurance, and want to get rid of the virus, go for what is known to work.
Thanks for the advice. Insurance won't cover it, because I don't have "enough symptoms", (even tho I'm kind of dozy & dopy & whatnot) ALT & AST ok, etc. Had this virus about 25-30 years I figure, also drank to absurd extremes over a long period of time. Right now, I'm tempted to treat now & ask questions later, understandably, but I've got a few weeks to make up my mind. Just found out about this a couple of months ago. Still reeling. But on the bright side, at least I know wth the problem is!
When you know for a fact that you have a 50/50 chance (if you are geno 1) with peg/riba...why would you mess around with something that's not even proven to do a darn thing?
people get very excited about trials but have to remember...they are TRIALS because they are not PROVEN to do anything yet.
so it IS a big gamble anyway until data supports real SVR.
That is why I chose to do the protocol and put the trials on hold.
Don't know if you saw my post to you on your visit to Dr J. Let me know if you did. Also someone want's to talk to you, look at your personal e-mail.
Beagle