Boceprevir or Teleprevir.. I need to choose which one.

[cieritaqt]

Well, my start date for treatment is set for September 16th. I can choose between Boceprevir and ribivirin with interfuron, or Teleprevir with  ribivirin with interfuron. Since I am genotype 1b, I gotta choose one or the other. Teleprevir is only 12 weeks, but can cause a rash, and anal burning and hemroids. The Boceprevir is 20 weeks (basically all three drugs during the whole TX), but has more chance of loosing morew WBC's causing more anemia vs. Teleprevir. I think I am going to do the Bocevir. Any thoughts or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Peace and love to you all!

C

[willbb]

tx.. is a short form for   treatment      

SVR is sustained virological response....Undetected virus at 6 months after treatment ends

Und...means just that there is no virus detected to the sensitivity of the test that is done

It is advisable to not get pregnant for at least a year from ending treatment as the drugs  may have damaging effects to an unborn before then.

As far as the B/F  you are all good to go now.  :)...as long as he does not get your blood somehow into his blood stream..  most of us have been married and /or living with our familys for many years and decades and  they  most always test negative.

Will

[GINGERPAL]

cieritaqt....i think tx means treatment.    And the latest treatment is with the PI which is the triple tx.
It is my understanding that once you are SVR...that is, no virus after 6 months after you complete tx, some say 1 yr after completing tx...you no longer have the virus....that is my understanding.  Of course, check with your doctor to get the medical version.

[cieritaqt]

So The tripple therapy is now know as TX right? also, once we beat it and reach SVR, soed this mean I will no longer be able to transmit the virus to my boyfriend, or a newborn baby? When it is undetectable, does that mean, no longer contagious?!! :)

[GINGERPAL]

In a non-technical way, the way I understand SVR is that it is  'sustained virolgical response' meaning that the virus is gone....and that it is gone 6 months after finishing tx...which should mean that it is gone for good !
SOC is  'standard of care'  and I understood that this was meant to be the standard of medical treatment...which was used for the dual treatment.  Now people have available  triple therapy which includes the new PI (Protease Inhibitor -> either incevik or vitrelis).

[hrsepwrguy]

SOC not SOS sorry

[hrsepwrguy]

SVR - sustained virological response

SOS - standard of care