viral load 330 million

[girlie7]

hi I have been battling with a codeine pill addiction was a previous iv user now I have fronted to my doctor and he has told me I have a viral load of 350 million, I have no idea what this means but he said it is very high!!! Does any one else know about viral loads and have experience with this, I need to get myself off the pills quick smart cause this could have  aggravated my hep c,

[hrsepwrguy]

*[HCV-RNA (qPCR)-negative] is defined as less than 100 copies/ml of Hepatitis C
viral RNA as measured by the National Genetics Institute assay.
200,000 to 1,000,000 low

1,000,000 to 5,000,000 medium

5,000,000 to 25,000,000 high

above 25,000,000 very high

[elpasolady]

My first instinct also was that it was misread.  Just didn't want to dismiss the possibility that it could be true, no matter how unlikely it seemed. My pharmacist said that 80 mil was very very high, but the man did clear.  

[hrsepwrguy]

80 million is very very high, log 10 scale only goes to 99,750,000 so unless they have developed a new scale it was misread

[fretboard]

Yes, 350 million is way too high, I suspect there must have been a mis-understanding.  That said, the codeine is a habit you can no longer afford to deal with.  All opiates will force replication of the virus.  Which means your viral load should be higher than normal but I don't think it should be that high.  Time to get real and find out how sick you really are.  That means, find a way to get away from the pills and find out what condition your condition is in.  good luck!!  


http://amjpathol.highwire.org/cgi/content/full/167/5/1189

[hrsepwrguy]

This web page will explain hcv viral load for you

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hepatitis/Basics/Viralload_09.pdf

[FlGuy]

300 mil is outside of all the viral load tests I've read about.