Member Comments are provided by individuals and reflect their personal opinions only. Under NO circumstances should you act on any advice or opinion posted in this forum.  ALWAYS check with your personal physician before taking any action regarding your health! MedHelp International and our partners, sponsors and affiliates have no obligation to monitor any comments posted on this site, or the content and/or accuracy of such exchanges. MedHelp International does not endorse the views of any user.

Hepatitis C Community

This forum is for questions about medical issues and research aspects of Hepatitis C such as, questions about being newly diagnosed, questions about current treatments, information and participation in discussions about research studies and clinical trials related to Hepatitis. If you would like to communicate with other people who have been touched by Hepatitis, please visit our new Hepatitis Social/Living with Hepatitis forum
Post a Question Back to Forum
 | 
MedHelp Member's Question

Need to know

by sbl19532006, Jul 14, 2007 07:13AM
Someone posted that they were awaiting the arrival of Pl's next year.  What is Pl ?  Something new?
Member Comments (8)

by copyman, Jul 14, 2007 07:30AM
protease inhibitors, as much as i hope new drugs will be out next year i think we are a few years away.

by CockSparrow, Jul 14, 2007 07:39AM
To: copyman
What the abreviation for polymerase inhibitors going to be.
Are we going to have PI1 & PI2, depending on which one gets out first.
Think U R right about the few years away bit.

CS

by EarthMan, Jul 14, 2007 10:56AM
To: Copyman
IMHO, the magic bullet is more like 10 years off. Until then other PI's and such will be used in conjunction with IFN/Riba

by copyman, Jul 14, 2007 03:54PM
To: EarthMan
yep, any new drugs will be in a cocktail with the present drug combo

by copyman, Jul 14, 2007 04:04PM
To: continued
but hopefully this cocktail will allow the tx to be a shorter duration with a higher % of svr

by willows, Jul 14, 2007 04:13PM
To: copy/earthman
We already know from some of the folks who actually post here that the new protease inhibitor, teleprevir,  will reduce the length to time to tx to 24 weeks and it is hoped to increase the chances of SVR to about 80%.  This is information we are watching being gathered, confirmed and processed as I type, from the grace of the lab rats here who share with us and the drug makers who want to have the PI approved by the end of 2009.

My doc thinks the end of 2009 might not be that out of line and he is one smart guy, I travel a long ways to see him and tend to believe he knows the business.  Cross your fingers for us all.

Willow

by EarthMan, Jul 14, 2007 04:16PM
To: Copyman
We all have our fingers crossed for that. Just hope the FDA can cut out some of the red tape for the approval process.

by meki, Jul 14, 2007 08:48PM
To: 24 weeks
24 weeks --- is no walk in the park... I feel for those that have to do more than that - those are the true heroes of TX.

But 24 weeks is still horrible.

I'd do it again tho.

Meki
Back to Forum
Post Comment
To
Comment
Post Comment
Recent Activity
Comment on my day
52 mins ago by Trudi2258
Johnare Tired
Comment on This Entry in "MY" ...
2 hrs ago by dominosarah
Ness69 experiecing weird & very uncomfortable breathing & chest pa...
CharlieBrown612000 uploaded new photo(s)
3 hrs ago
Comment on photo
3 hrs ago by CharlieBrown612000
Lindaz added the Hepatitis C Tracker
6 hrs ago
Marebears happy 4 my children. it is talent scouts & modeling ...
More
Expert Activity
Early Diagnosis of Peripheral Arter... 
Aug 31 by Lee Kirksey, MD
5 Steps to Medical Debt
Aug 30 by Adam R. Tanase, D.C.