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recived news that my hgb went up from 11-8  to 12.4       im concernd that for the rise ,that it could mean the meds  have stoped working  . I was thinking it would go lower not up ,, im doing tx with inc   on 7th week  . and und at 4th week . Next v load is on the 23rd of march witch will be my 12th week on inc   ,   only 2 test for v load in 12 weeks is that normal, [joey48]
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Basically HGB of 11.8 and 12.4 is the same and has no bearing on whether the drugs are working
.Not everyone develops anemia on therapy and I imagine you have had a HGB. drop from your baseline reading.

If I remember correctly you had an RVR( Und. at Wk4) and this is the best predictor of success at this point.

Not to worry,hang in..
.Will
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That really is not unusual and it doesn't mean the treatment isn't working. There is a bit of flexibility in the results anyway. They can each be off a percentage of a point or so and still be essentially the same reading. Don't worry.
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