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GT3 just started meds 5 years 5 months ago #27300
Hello Everyone ! I was recently diagnosed with GT3 (Age - 48, VL 365,495 Fscan 18.2 Kpa) . Got it in the nineties. On sofosbuvir+daclatasvir right now. No outward symptoms at all. No other conditions except hypertension having telmisartan 40 everyday. I have a question regarding another drug that I occasionally take i.e. sildenafil citrate (viagra) . Does this drug have any contraindications ? Could someone please reply. | |
GT3 just started meds 5 years 5 months ago #27301
Hello Paul, and welcome to the forum | |
GT3 just started meds 5 years 5 months ago #27303
YMMV | |
GT3 just started meds 5 years 5 months ago #27305
Thanks Dr James, Mar. As I have mentioned my fscan score is 18.2 kpa which is cirrhosis. But I do not have any noticeable symptoms at all. Is it normal not to have any symptoms even with a fscan score of 18.2? | |
GT3 just started meds 5 years 5 months ago #27306
Hi Paul, Yes it is possible to be cirrhotic with few symptoms. With GT3 and cirrhosis you must have ribavirin with the Sof/Dac. You should also have 24 weeks treatment. For GT3 cirrhotics Sof/Vel for 12+ weeks (and preferably with riba) is the best 1st line option. YMMV | |
GT3 just started meds 5 years 4 months ago #27462
Hello everyone, after 4 weeks of sof/dac regime my VL is undetected. The doc never prescribed riba. He has said that he may discontinue meds after 8 weeks. I am worried. Is there a possibility of a relapse in future if the recommended 12 weeks is not adhered to? As I go to a government facility where the meds are given free, I do not have a say in the treatment. | |
GT3 just started meds 5 years 4 months ago #27463
Hi Paul Thats great about your being UND. @week4, that is certainly what you want to see,however I would say yes it is worrisome for SVR to stop this regime at 8 weeks. As Dr. freeman pointed out earlier the optimum regime for GT 3 W/ cirrhosis is SOF/VEL for 12 weeks (preferably with Riba added for some insurance.) However the guidelines do say, and as Dr. Freeman also mentioned if doing SOF/DAC then 24 wks . is recommended also with RIBA. I would imagine the DR. will chime in and possibly you can chat with him about adding whatever regime he suggests through him to supplement being only given 8 weeks treatment. If you are only at wk. 4 currently ,hopfully there should still be time to work something out with Dr. Freeman if in fact they will not extend this regime you are on. Good luck S Diagnosed: 2001 GT1a , HCV since mid-70's. Biopsy 2010 F1 Fibroscan and Fibrosure 2018 F2 Treated in trial 2010 with Dac/Peg/ Riba and Relapsed. Resistance test 2017. Have Ns5a Rav Q30r/H58d enhanced from doing Dac. Start Tx. Jan 18th/18 w/ Vosevi /Riba 12wks. plus 6 wks.Viekira Pak +Sof/Riba(From Dr Freeman @GP2U) VL start: 1.6mill.ALT 125 AST 88 Wk. 4 Det @LLOQ <15. VL Wk.8 UND Alt &Ast 22 Wk. 12 UND EOT:UND EOT+12 >>>UND (SVR12)! ALT11 AST13 Nov6/18 SVR 24! | |
GT3 just started meds 5 years 4 months ago #27465
Hi Paul, You have GT3 and cirrhosis (fibroscan > 12.5kPa) There are no guidelines anywhere in the world that say 8 weeks of Sof+Dac is appropriate for ANYBODY. The 8 weeks guideline for Harvoni for treatment naive, GT1, Viral load < 6 million, LOW FIBROSIS patients are well known to produce inferior SVR12 to 12 weeks and do not apply to you anyway. You need 24 weeks treatment and would have a high probability of relapse if you do only 8 weeks treatment - nobody knows how high because nobody gives that short a treatment. You should be having ribavirin.
Here are the EASL guidelines for treatment of cirrhotic patients YMMV | |
GT3 just started meds 5 years 4 months ago #27470
Hi Paul, if you're in India, then you should have access to relatively cheap generic HCV medications, and you can ask you doctor where to source 100% authentic high quality generic medications there. I would urge you to follow Dr James's recommendation of completing 24 weeks of Sof/Dac and Ribavirin instead of the just 8 weeks of Sof/Dac that you may be treated with as that will almost certainly lead to relapse. The following user(s) said Thank You: hanknassi | |
GT3 just started meds 4 years 4 months ago #28390
It has been a little over nine months since the time I underwent a 3 months treatment at a local Community Health Centre. I was on a Sof + Dac regimen for 12 weeks. The doctor advised HCV RNA test a week ago. Virus was not detected. He has not prescribed any other tests and asked me to come back after six months. Apart from a LFT what are the tests that are normally done after treatment? | |
GT3 just started meds 4 years 4 months ago #28391
Hello Paul2018, Congrats on the cure result. In terms of other tests, it depends on how sick a patient is and what has been done previously. So, say I treat a patient who is not cirrhotic and relatively well and 4 weeks into treatment their LFTs are normal and PCR negative. I would not do any more tests until SVR12 and then just do a PCR and LFTs. At the other end of the spectrum a patient with cirrhosis who was taking ribavirin would get a CBC and CMP (FBC, UEC, LFT) every 2 weeks during treatment and lots of follow up testing including AFP and ultrasound to check for HCC. Other tests just depend on the patient and their problems. YMMV | |
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