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new drug for treating hepatits c?
what is the new drug to treat hepatitis c?
I just want to add one more thing to Hector's excellent post:
Solvadi, together with ribavirin, is available as a 24 week treatment for genotype 1 patients who are ineligible for interferon.
My husband is expected to be starting this treatment in January.
Nan
Solvadi, together with ribavirin, is available as a 24 week treatment for genotype 1 patients who are ineligible for interferon.
My husband is expected to be starting this treatment in January.
Nan
"The wholesale cost of a 12-week course of Olysio, will be about $66,000.
The wholesale cost of a 12-week course of Solvadi will be about $84,000.
Costs to patients for both drugs will depend on their insurance plan."
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/US-Patient-Assistance-Program-/show/2058689
The wholesale cost of a 12-week course of Solvadi will be about $84,000.
Costs to patients for both drugs will depend on their insurance plan."
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/US-Patient-Assistance-Program-/show/2058689
There are two new drugs that have been approved recently by the FDA to treat persons infected with the hepatitis C virus. Olysio (simeprevir) and Solvadi (sofosbuvir). They cure it more often and in less time then former available treatments and they also have fewer side effects.
Olysio is approved for people with genotype 1 infection (the most common type in the US) in combination with ribavirin and interferon.
Solvadi is approved for people with genotypes 1 and 4, in combination with interferon and ribavirin. People with genotypes 2 and 3 can use Solvadi with ribavirin alone. That means they will no longer have to take interferon which has many side effects that many people find makes treatment difficult.
The wholesale cost of a 12-week course of Olysio, will be about $66,000.
The wholesale cost of a 12-week course of Solvadi will be about $84,000.
Costs to patients for both drugs will depend on their insurance plan.
Even better treatment options will be coming soon that are now in clinical trials. Within about a year (2015?) there will be combinations with the new drugs that will make interferon and ribavirin unnecessary, It is the interferon and ribavirin that cause the side effects that have prevented many people from treating.
We are now in transition to treatments that only a few years ago seemed impossible. There is more hope than ever that people infected with hepatitis C will be able to be cured of the virus that is now the major cause of liver failure and liver cancer and the need for life-saving liver transplants in this country. We are finally winning this war against this virus that has caused so much suffering to so many. For the many millions of people infected with hepatitis C the future is more hopeful than ever before.
Best-
Hector
Olysio is approved for people with genotype 1 infection (the most common type in the US) in combination with ribavirin and interferon.
Solvadi is approved for people with genotypes 1 and 4, in combination with interferon and ribavirin. People with genotypes 2 and 3 can use Solvadi with ribavirin alone. That means they will no longer have to take interferon which has many side effects that many people find makes treatment difficult.
The wholesale cost of a 12-week course of Olysio, will be about $66,000.
The wholesale cost of a 12-week course of Solvadi will be about $84,000.
Costs to patients for both drugs will depend on their insurance plan.
Even better treatment options will be coming soon that are now in clinical trials. Within about a year (2015?) there will be combinations with the new drugs that will make interferon and ribavirin unnecessary, It is the interferon and ribavirin that cause the side effects that have prevented many people from treating.
We are now in transition to treatments that only a few years ago seemed impossible. There is more hope than ever that people infected with hepatitis C will be able to be cured of the virus that is now the major cause of liver failure and liver cancer and the need for life-saving liver transplants in this country. We are finally winning this war against this virus that has caused so much suffering to so many. For the many millions of people infected with hepatitis C the future is more hopeful than ever before.
Best-
Hector
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