changing peg-intron shot day

[hiya24]

I am interested in moving my peg-intron shot night from Friday  to Sunday now that my kiddos will be back in school.  My doc recommended doing it over a couple of weeks (i.e. go to saturday one week and then sunday the next).  This sounds reasonable to me but just wanted to see if you guys have been any experience with doing this or have any advice.  I guess my biggest concern is that I don't want to risk my peg levels getting too low.

Many thanks. Anna

[doll face]

I had to move my shot date not once but twice before and both times my doctor told me the same as yours told you.... move it one day ahead a week.  I also was late for 2 days once because of 911. My meds did not get to me on time. Thank goodness that it was early on in my treatment. Good luck to you.

[jmjm530]

For one time, you're  probably right... but I also think it would depend on what week of tx you're on. Personally, I wouldn't want to go 9 days between shots before I was undetectible. Not sure if I'd want to even after. Why chance it? If it were the longer-lasting Pegasys I'd probably be less fussy. Certainly, if Anna  doesn't
want to go "backwards" then her doctor's suggestion is second best. Stage it over two weeks.

-- Jim

[MichaelT]

As a one-time deal, there is absolutely no reason not to skip the Friday shot and resume on Sunday.

[jmjm530]

Anna,

Yeah, I'd go the other way as well, even though it's more of a PITA.

And if you haven't been having too many problems with side effects, maybe you could even move it backwards two-days at a time meaning you'd be injecting every five days for a while.  Still, best to check with your doc and let them know the plan.

--Jim

[cuteus]

doesn't that mean that you would be taking the shot every 8 days? with pegintron, I read that is not a good idea. you might have to go the other way, doing it thurs, then wed, then tues, etc. Pegintron does not stay in the blood as long as Pegasys does. others might have a different tip.

[hiya24]

Thanks for the input everyone.  I agree that going backward might make more sense but I did that once very early on and I guess I am a little concerned that by doing constantly going back in time,  I will be cutting the riba a bit short.  Actually by going forward to Sunday I will now be back where I originally started ..LOL!

Also, I wanted to mention to everyone that there is what looks to be a pretty comprehensive review on HCV in a recenet issue of the journal Nature (vol. 436 August 18, 2005).  A lot about the current research on understanding the mechanism of our tricky little "friend" and approaches to new treatment. I haven't read through it all yet but so far looks good.

I don't think Nature is available in all bookstores (maybe like Barnes and Noble) but you should be able to find it in a good library or on line at  

www.nature.com


Cheers Anna