The other medication I was talking about is NS5A inhibitor GS-5816.http://hepatitiscnewdrugs.blogspot.com/search/label/Sovaldi%2FGS-5816
Here is an article about our medicine: http://hepatitiscnewdrugs.blogspot.com/search/label/GS-7977%20now%20Sofosbuvir%2FBMS-790052%20now%20Daclatasvir
Thank you all for your responses. Type0, I am seeing my Dr. next month and will discuss waiting as long as possible for the best treatment available at that time. My labs are very good except ALT/AST are double the normal range. It could be worse.
All the best to all fighting this battle.
Hello. Gen 3e here. Never treated. I can relate to your fatigue issue. I have to take a nap every day in order to be productive in the evening. I would take a nap in order to do intellectual work, such as studying or creativity. The days when I work at least 8 hours, I can not do anything meaningful in the evening other than watching TV, even if I do sleep. Some time I am not that tired physically, but my brain needs to be reset to get this fresh morning feeling. My family gets frustrated with my regimen as they want to do something when I want to go sleep, and then i am up at night... No solution here. Waiting for the newer treatment. I do not believe Sofa and Riba would be enough. Gen 3 supposed to be easier to treat with older SOC, but I have met few people on line that also failed. So I do not want to take my chances right now. Plus- I hardly manage life the way it is- I do not need to feel any worse.
What I am looking for are 2 similar medications. Not feeling to look them up right now. One sounds like Declatosvir (I know it is not exact spelling), other one- same group but by Gilead, that expected to be combination 1 tablet with Sofa about a year from now as it is in the 2nd phase. I do not want to do Riba either. I do feel as we got left out with Gen 3, because it is not as common. But it would be much more common if everybody at risk gets tested. Hang in there- if everything works out and nobody dies during the trials, we should have Pen-genotypal treatment in 2015.
I too am sorry to hear you didn't clear the virus. But as dwbh has said the treatment is looking really good.
As far feeling better, as you know I too am or was a 3a, treated the same protocol as you. That said, it took almost 6 months before the fatigue started to be less and less.
Today 32 weeks PEOT I can tell you I do feel much better most the time. My biggest issue is stress, and not having any tolerance for it.
Hey there, I am so sorry that your previous tx did not work. I hope a newer one will help you. I also had severe fatigue after treating. When I got tired I had to lay down before I fell down. As time went on it did get better.
I hope it will be the same for you
Dee
I know the frustration of a G3 do-over. If that post-tx PCR (January?) was the only one after treatment you should have another to confirm. I also understand the tiredness at work, especially if you have blood sugar issues. Try smaller meals (good stuff) through the work day and see if that helps the tiredness crash.
Sorry your treatment didn't work for you. But the good news is treatment is getting better and better. New treatments are coming out that cure a very high percentage of people. I know how you feel about riding your bike, going on the lake in your kayak.....go enjoy yourself. Remember that you treated with the old regiment of treatment drugs. Next time it will be a shiny new
treatment that known to kick the heck out of Hep C for Genotype 3a. It's going to happen... I can feel it.
Have a great summer