Interferon leaked

[jankar]

25 of 48 last night - the needle popped off and I lost maybe 5% - 10% of the 180mg.  I think I injected too fast.  I guess I cannot really do anything and it is of little consequence but I do need some reassurance.  Thanks. jankar

[Marcia2202]

I wouldn't worry about it at all!

Hugs, Marcia

[bandman54]

been there, done that.
doesn't matter.
don't worry about it.

Once thing I did to make sure it really never matter, is I never brought mine to the line,  just got the air out, and shoved it in.  That way I was always getting a few drops more than rx'ed.  

Of course I do not recommend this... burt i was on the highest dose and figured that a few extra drops could not hurt.  didn't help either.

bandman

[meakea]

Yes, you'll be fine.  I had 3 shots in a row leak on me (bad batch) and that was during weeks 2-4 (the critical ones)...but I still got UND at 4 weeks.  I'm geno 1b, had a low VL of 30,100 and was UND at 4 wks but my doc doesn't believe in letting me stop at 24 so I'm continuing on like you are.  

[zazza]

Am I reading you correctly? Have you decided to go the full 48 weeks? Even though you had low baseline viral load and was RVR? What was your baseline? Remind me. I know you were looking for studies for geno 1b RVR low viral load. Did your research make you decide to go the full 48?

[alijee]

Dont worry dear, its ok

[epiphiny]

I've also done that and have had a bit of paranoia about getting the right amount of IFN from shots so I did some research and rang Roche.  They told me there is 0.6ml of product to deliver 0,5ml of medicine in the prefills.  That's a contingency of nearly 17% against accidents and incidents so if you estimate you lost up to 10% I think you are probably still breaking even.  

[CMcH]

This has been addressed before and I think everyone at some point has some leakage.
It's designed to be slow release and I believe the Riba is there to back it up.
Try not to worry at 25 weeks you are pretty saturated.