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How does the tx pace go? UND by 12th wk or 24th wk? And can tx cause leukemia?
From the clinic today, I was given a more detailed but somewhat different explanation concerning the pace of treatment:
- 4 weeks: the viral load should be reduced
- 12 weeks: the viral load should be reduce by a log of 2
- 24 weeks: the viral load should be undetectable
Or else, the treatment should be stopped.
This seems slightly different from what I was told before, which was that the viral load should be undetectable by the 12th week (not the 24th week) or else the treatment should be stopped. Please explain.
And can tx increase the risk of patient getting leukemia since the drugs mess with the bone marrow (causing suppression)?
Thanks you guys!
- 4 weeks: the viral load should be reduced
- 12 weeks: the viral load should be reduce by a log of 2
- 24 weeks: the viral load should be undetectable
Or else, the treatment should be stopped.
This seems slightly different from what I was told before, which was that the viral load should be undetectable by the 12th week (not the 24th week) or else the treatment should be stopped. Please explain.
And can tx increase the risk of patient getting leukemia since the drugs mess with the bone marrow (causing suppression)?
Thanks you guys!
4 weeks its the desired time
8 weeks und is okay
12 weeks und is good
I did not clear for 16 weeks on my first ride
tx for 56 but then it came right back.
that was all right though it gave me five years
to wait as my liver dammage was reduced during tx.
now I am taking infergen 15 mic shot every night
and 1400 ribaviran.
stage 1 relapsers who retreat with peg only have A 10% chance
of svr.
with infergen it is 30% to 80%
8 weeks und is okay
12 weeks und is good
I did not clear for 16 weeks on my first ride
tx for 56 but then it came right back.
that was all right though it gave me five years
to wait as my liver dammage was reduced during tx.
now I am taking infergen 15 mic shot every night
and 1400 ribaviran.
stage 1 relapsers who retreat with peg only have A 10% chance
of svr.
with infergen it is 30% to 80%
I think it sounds quite right for a genotype 1. ( I'm a geno 3, and we treat for 24 weeks, so the above is not true for us.) I'm sure there will be some ppl chiming in soon, to shed a light on the matter.
Marcia
Marcia
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