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What can be done for the side effect of the treatment
I am experiencing terrible side effects due to the treatment of Hepatitis C (Interferon). I have flu like symthoms, weakness, can't sleep or eat. My doctor says tough it out. Please help. I await your reply.
Drink water like your life depended on it!!!! It really really helps with side effects. Take the tylenol (paracetamol) when the pain starts. Demand something from your Doc to help you sleep - lack of sleep seems to magnify everything! Force yourself to eat often, it'll help. Move your body when you can, rest when your body needs it; eat when you can.
Are you early in treatment? Best wishes - hope you can get support from your med team.
Are you early in treatment? Best wishes - hope you can get support from your med team.
"Tough it out"..... Please confront him on this remark. You didnt sprain your ankle.
Without the proper attitude of my Hep doctor,nurse and my wonderful primary doctor I know I would have packed it up around the 3rd month. I have one more week to go and I am done. I think back (as much as I can in this state of mind) how greatful I am for their support and expertise.
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Sorry about your difficulties.
A good medical team will do everything in their power to help you through difficult side effects including prescribing various medications for the numerous problems so many of us experience. For example, PPI's for GERD (reflux);
Epo for anemia; ADs for depression; sleep aids for insomnia; topicals for skin problems -- and the list goes on and on.
If your doctor's idea of helping you is to say "tough it out", then you might want to start interviewing other doctors to see if you can find someone who can hep. Those most experienced are called liver specialists (hepatologists). They can usually be found at your larger, teaching hospitals.
Hope things get better soon.
-- Jim
A good medical team will do everything in their power to help you through difficult side effects including prescribing various medications for the numerous problems so many of us experience. For example, PPI's for GERD (reflux);
Epo for anemia; ADs for depression; sleep aids for insomnia; topicals for skin problems -- and the list goes on and on.
If your doctor's idea of helping you is to say "tough it out", then you might want to start interviewing other doctors to see if you can find someone who can hep. Those most experienced are called liver specialists (hepatologists). They can usually be found at your larger, teaching hospitals.
Hope things get better soon.
-- Jim
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