changed mind....again!

[brianmo]

I have decided to not go with Inc. and do Vic instead (4 week lead in). I start tx on the 22nd so this is a last min. decision. The anxiety I was having  was unbearable. I could not rap my brain around the 60 grams of fat. I don't eat cheese or bread so that didn't help so after a week of anxiety I talked with doctor and we decided to do the other triple therapy. Now I feel better and not spending so much time with list of fat and searching the stores for what I could possibly eat. I know i have to eat with the Reba dose but she said a snack will do. Does not have to be high fat. Its not that I was afraid of putting on weight, it was more of not being able to do it!  What surprises me the small amount of people on this sight who are doing Inc instead of Vic. Either way, I just want to get this started!

[hrsepwrguy]

" If there's a way to make any of this more effective regardless of prescription labeling... sign me up!!! "

Really then why are you second guessing your doctor on thier version incivek protocol

[lynda607]

Ribavirin dose optimization is not ultimately achieved through a high fat diet.  It may be helpful but primarily it has to do with how well the body metabolizes the ribavirin and how well plasma ribavirin concentrations are maintained.  Dosage can play a significant role in this.

[shanro]

Agreed!  If there's a way to make any of this more effective regardless of prescription labeling... sign me up!!!  I'd rather be fat and hep free than skinny with hep C!!!

[copyman]

LOL. home brew? read the studies make your own decision. Perhaps this is why some people clear the virus and some don't.  Not a chance I want to take.

[can-do-man]

""The claim that rbv, to be effective, requires as much if not more fat than inci is nonsense"

100% agree

[curiouslady1]

I hope you guys get this all figured out soon.