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Ribavirin reduction
- Hepatitis C Community
My physician's assistant called yesterday and said I am anemic and to take a shot of procrit. Also to reduce to 400mg/day ribavirin instead of my 800mg. I am in week 15 and have been UND at week three on triple therapy with incivek. Genotype 1a. Weigh 1...


ribavirin dosing
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i'm 13 weeks into treatment. I started taking Ribapak 1000mg in two divided doses per day. My hgb dropped to 9.2 so my NP decreased the dosage to Ribavirin 600mg once a day. He assured me that this change would not affect my outcome due to the long half...


7797& Ribavirin
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If you are currently taking or have been in a study and completed tx with 7797 and Ribavirin, will you please send post (or pm me) how you are doing? Thank you


Ribavirin Dosage
- Hepatitis C Community
Am I the only one on here taking 1,200 mgs of ribavirin, who is going thru Triple Tx? I keep noticing people mentioning lower dosages. I have heard of smaller people taking less, and I am 5'9'', 160 pounds, but I think my Doctor is prescribing thi...


Ribavirin rash?
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I'm in the Telaprevir trial in week 13, so I finished the Telaprevir (or placebo) this past Wednesday. A day or two before that my scalp started itching. Yesterday it spread to the point that I had the itchies on almost half my body. Then I noticed tiny...


Ribavirin Question
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I recently posted here that I have 6 weeks left and all is OK Since that post, seems that my hemoglobin dropped suddenly from 12.8 (pretty constant value for all 42 weeks done) to 11.3, and it may go down further, which is not good. The only difference i...


reduce ribavirin??
- Hepatitis C Community
when i started tx, i weighed 167 pounds, so my doctor prescribed 1200mg of ribavirin. now i have lost weight down to 142 pounds. should i dose reduce? i have been really sick from the ribavirin. i only have 7 more shots to go out of 48 (genotype 1a, high v...


Interferon-ribavirin
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For anyone 65 yrs or older who started Interon/ribaviin treatment... Did you complete the treatment? Were side effect more pronounced? Would you do it again?


High ribavirin
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High Ribavirin? I am thinking about trying tx in a clinical trial with high riba. (about two times normal). It seems like a lot of people here who did clear with SOC had more side effects than those who did not clear. I had few side effects but also d...


ribavirin information
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribavirin Pharmacokinetics Ribavirin is absorbed from the GI tract probably by nucleoside transporters. Absorption is about 45%, and this is modestly increased (to about 75%) by a fatty meal. Once in the plasma, ribavirin...


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