first the good news...

[pjhep80]

still undectable at week 24... however... the dr wants me to do another 6 months because i treated before... i told them AGAIN that i never treated with Riba/peg only with peg and virimadine on a blind trial and as far as i know virimadine was a failure for a lot of people... so now they are consulting with the pharmacy.... and they want me to go to a dermatologist about the thing on my forehead that wont go the hell away... and my hair continues to thin ...another 6 months i will be freaking bald... but i should stop complaining... still undetectable ...

[kmatucson]

Good luck to you pjhep80 and to pooh55811 as well..  I'm so sorry you have to do the 48 weeks..  

[pooh55811]

I know it is very disappoinyting to have to do 48 weeks instead of 24. I know. I have to do 48. I am on week 22 now.

I think it will go fast. It actually has gone pretty fast for me up to now. Sometimes in the midst of it and the sides, it seems long and grueling, but in the long run, it should go fast.

I don't know all of your circumstances, but I think if I were you, I would follow the hepatologist's advice. If you treat for 48 weeks and reach SVR (the goal) you will be happy. If you treat for 24 weeks and relapse, you will be very sad and wish you had done 48. Why take the chance.

I agree that you need to get to a dernmatologist ASAP about that forehead spot.

Best of luck

[pjhep80]

i know... and i found this...

Viramidine (previously known as taribavirin) is a pro-drug of ribavirin that more directly targets the liver, and therefore is less likely to cause anemia. In the ViSER2 trial, Patrick Marcellin and colleagues evaluated the safety and efficacy of viramidine versus ribavirin plus pegylated interferon alfa-2a (Pegasys) in chronic hepatitis C patients.

so, viramidine is riba based... so if i didnt clear with it i was either a non responder or a relapser ... so i should do 48 weeks now...

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[1oftheclub222]

go ahead and get it out...I can only imagine how frustrating it is, but really in the big picture you want to reach SVR so you don't have to do this again...how much more would it s**k to have to go through the whole thing again?  Don't you want to give yourself to best chance possible to SVR?

[pjhep80]

im starting to loose it... i was so sure i was done today... now i have to decide if i want to continue torturing myself with this crap for another 6 months... i hate this i hate this i hate this i hate this

[pjhep80]

what are the chances it is gonig to come back now ???????  DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA???????????  WHY CANT ANYONE TELL ME THAT... i am sick of this i want this to be OVER i have been undetectable since the first freaking week why do i have to keep doing this its ********