Labs all Perfect

[Gonna beat it]

Went to the Doc yesterday, labs all perfect, doesn't even look like I'm being treated, in 3 weeks she has ordered a quantitative Hep C to see if there has been a drop in viral load. She was real happy about the results, I asked if there was a correlation between labs being normal and treatment not being successful she said not at all, it just makes it easier to treat me, without the nasty drops, in RBC and WBC. Have a great day!

Diana

[Gonna beat it]

I'm on 1200 mg of Riba, this is week six for me, my weight is 190#, and lets just say I'm 6'3", see now I'm height and weight proportionate,lol, no I'm 5'6, I understand what your saying thats why I asked her, no rash, but I have nausea, headaches, fatigue, aches and pain you know the general malaise. Pegintron, .5ml

[Mister beagle bailey]

That is great news, you must be on cloud 9.  This is a great day for you.

Beagle :)

[jmjm530]

Instead of waiting three weeks to order a PCR, maybe you can convince the med team to order one now. Hopefully, you'll show a good viral response to the tx drugs, but it not, I think you might have a good case to present to them for upping the riba, assuming your hgb pretty much remains where it is.

All the best.

-- Jim

[cuteus]

here is a good article to read on Procrit and HCV tx, it prevents relapses in some people, by keeping them on tx, and maintaining a decent QOL, it also speaks of the safety issue.  

http://tinyurl.com/fmloh

[jmjm530]

Kalio: He also says people who need "rescue drugs" do not SVR in his experiene more often.
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Recent studies seem to contradict your doctor. Didn't read Cuteus' in detail but here's one that suggests "rescue drugs", i.e. growth factors do keep people on treatment at optimial doses longer and therefore do increase SVR rates.

http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/2006icr/ddw/docs/060606_a.html

[Kalio1]

So much of this treatment seems to be guesswork, it's nerve wracking! They dont know exactly why Riba even works with Interferon, they just know when they added it to IFN more people cleared the virus. Much of Ribas' mechanism is still unknown. Since I am 3a and took 800/day Riba for 24 weeks and relapsed, I upped Riba but I have no evidence whatsoever that I relapsed due to not enough Riba. I have seen people post like Fishdoc who was not clear then she upped Riba and she reached UND so it seems it does matter. Maybe. lol
Who the heck knows! If it was me I'd up it. Second round I did 1600/a day for a month and cleared by week 4 so who knows. I take 1200/day now and so far, stil UND.
Hope you are feeling pretty good today. One day closer to the goal!