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  • 1 April 2016 at 3:42 am #14709
    avatar876.jpegGaj
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    Hi Michael,

    Ribavirin should be taken with food. I tried without when I wasn’t hungry on peg/riba treatment and became quite nauseous, after that I always made sure I ate something with it.

    Here you go, page three, half way down left column:

    http://fixhepc.com/images/cmi/Rebetol-CMI.pdf

    Edit: as Paul points out below, the food should have some fat in it. I changed to full cream milk on my cereal and if the evening meal is fat free I have some cheese and biscuits with the riba.

    G3a since ’78 – Dx ’12 – F4 (2xHCC)
    24wk Tx – PEG/Riba/Dac 2013 relapsed
    24wk Tx – Generic Sof/Dac/Riba 2015/16 relapsed
    16wk Tx – 12/01/17 -> 03/05/17 NS3/NS5a + Generic Sof
    SVR7 – 22/06/17 UND
    SRV12 – 27/07/17 UND
    SVR24 – 26/10/17 UND
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    1 April 2016 at 3:50 am #14710
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    The clinic told me to take Riba with some fatty food so I opted for a slice of bread with peanut butter on it most times.

    Two time relapser.

    SVR 4 achieved 12/16 at last
    SVR 12 achieved 22/02/2017 The Bastard has been defeated :):):)

    GT 3 – about 28 yrs with HCV

    3 June 2017 at 10:51 am #26295
    Cronholm
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    Goin on Harvoni with food for 11 weeks. taking pill on 19:45 (+/-15mins important to do this)in the middle of the dinner/main course(eat half plate, take pill and water, continue eating) and a glass water. with no problem/side effects at all. two times without any food or water i feel really bad(headache and so on). dont eat grapefruit(this big orange). I try with only sandwich and that is not enough to eat with pill.

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    This is my own experience taking Harv, and my doctors recommendation.

    3 June 2017 at 11:12 am #26297
    keith
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    Hi Cronholm
    I took harvoni for 8 weeks no side effects whatsoever and as the instructions said with or without food I took it in the morning with a couple of coffees from posts I’ve read on here everybody is different as regards side-effects
    I think if instructions say with or without food it is up to you to find out what suits you best good luck with treatment

    age 72 location UK
    14-2-2015 GT1a 6.8 kpa F1-F2 VL6.46
    16-3-16 started 8wks Harvoin
    2 wks VL unquantifiable
    4 wks VL undetected
    8 wks EOT Vl undetected
    4 wks post. detected VL 4.07 relapsed
    22-5-17 started re treatment via Redemption 2 ,meds via Monkmed 12 weeks Sof Dac+Rbv
    Riba via NHS
    Starting VL 4.25 log 6.63 ALT 88 Fibroscan F2- F3 8.9 kPa
    2 wks VL 2.86
    4 wks VL below detectable level
    changed Tx to Viekira+Sof+Rbv
    6 wks VL undetected
    13-9-17 EOT , ALT32, AST28
    SVR 4 +12

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