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nonresponder to Pegylated interferon-alpha-2a
I just recently completed treatment with Pegylated interferon-alpha-2a back in Nov 2009 and did not respond to the treatment. I am currently taking supplements and trying to do everything I can to stop the progression of hepatitis C.
Please share any good news, thoughts or suggestions on upcoming treatments or supplements that can help!
Please share any good news, thoughts or suggestions on upcoming treatments or supplements that can help!
Sorry to hear about your relapse. I certainly know how your feel.
The newest drug expected to be released sometime in 2011 is Telaprevir. It's a protease inhibitor which targets and kills the virus unlike interferon which ramps up our own immune system to do the job. It will be used with interferon and ribavirin and the odds of achieving SVR for geno1s increase to 70-75 percent as opposed to the current standard of care (interferon and riba) which is a bump over 45 percent.
There are new drugs in trial phase now called polymerase inhibitors which primarily do the same thing as the protease inhibitors, just a different kill strategy. They not expected to be released for several more years I think. Medical research is striving for a treatment without the interferon or ribavirin and it is with the highest hopes that they succeed. That type of treatment is in the trial phase right now.
I don't take supplements so I'm sorry, can't add anything.
The newest drug expected to be released sometime in 2011 is Telaprevir. It's a protease inhibitor which targets and kills the virus unlike interferon which ramps up our own immune system to do the job. It will be used with interferon and ribavirin and the odds of achieving SVR for geno1s increase to 70-75 percent as opposed to the current standard of care (interferon and riba) which is a bump over 45 percent.
There are new drugs in trial phase now called polymerase inhibitors which primarily do the same thing as the protease inhibitors, just a different kill strategy. They not expected to be released for several more years I think. Medical research is striving for a treatment without the interferon or ribavirin and it is with the highest hopes that they succeed. That type of treatment is in the trial phase right now.
I don't take supplements so I'm sorry, can't add anything.
I'm a little confused by the context of what you write. Since you say that you 'completed' treatment in Novmeber it implies to me that you went through a complete course of treatment, 24 or 48 weeks. Then you say you were a non-responder which would mean that you never got to 'virus undetected' during treatment. And, if you never got to undetected during a full course (24 or 48 weeks) then it doesn't make sense that a doc would allow you to go the full course of treament (24 or 48 weeks). Is it possible that you did treament, completed it only to have the virus come back after you were done?
Some of the common definitions used with HCV can be confusing but the fact that you responded to the meds during treatment or not is pretty significant in the big scheme of things.
Good luck.
Some of the common definitions used with HCV can be confusing but the fact that you responded to the meds during treatment or not is pretty significant in the big scheme of things.
Good luck.
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