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Victrelis
Just started on Vic on Friday. Besides the amount of pills one mush take, I can't seem to get over the nasty after taste. Really chemical like/poison like aftertaste. oh well, poison to the virus I hope. So my question is this: it says take with food, but is it necessary to take with 20g of fat, or is that only for incivek?
Anyone else starting this stuff?
Anyone else starting this stuff?
Hi there, i'm not dave but i also treated and i'm SVR thanks to Vic. One thing i would advise is to stay on top of your HGB, once it starts to drop it can go fast. My doctor starts people on procrit once their HGB drops below 11 when taking Vic.
Its very important not to miss a dose and they need to be taken pretty much on time. Besides the added anemia i didn't have much difference then when i did SOC only....... Yeah the taste is nasty, that don't go away, hang in there and best to you.
cando
Its very important not to miss a dose and they need to be taken pretty much on time. Besides the added anemia i didn't have much difference then when i did SOC only....... Yeah the taste is nasty, that don't go away, hang in there and best to you.
cando
I have no regrets. It'll be well worth it if I SVR which is looking pretty good since I was und at 17 weeks post. I had some pretty bad abdominal pain about 2 weeks after the Vic was introduced that lasted for about 2-3 weeks. I was in an anemia trial and didn't get procrit until the anemia was really severe which made it pretty rough also.
I didn't become und until week 10 so tx was supposed to be 48 weeks (ended at 44 from low hgb) I was lucky because I wasn't working. For the first 3 months I was still able to walk 3-5 miles a day for exercise and could have worked if it did not require much in the way of physical or mental ability, lol.
-Dave
I didn't become und until week 10 so tx was supposed to be 48 weeks (ended at 44 from low hgb) I was lucky because I wasn't working. For the first 3 months I was still able to walk 3-5 miles a day for exercise and could have worked if it did not require much in the way of physical or mental ability, lol.
-Dave
That's awesome news guys. Success stories are
so motivating. I wish you luck on svr, sounds very very promising. Did you both have a good response to lead in with peg/riba? I will know my 4 wk results soon. I hear a log drop greatly increases odds of success.
so motivating. I wish you luck on svr, sounds very very promising. Did you both have a good response to lead in with peg/riba? I will know my 4 wk results soon. I hear a log drop greatly increases odds of success.
yeah, success stories are great, You have to wonder about the post-tx effects though. Seems cando has been out in the woods talking to himself lately. Could it be the VIC?
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