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Things to avoid? Starting treatment! 4 years 4 months ago #25588

Smp123 Offline New Member Posts: 2 Thank you received: 3 Karma: 0	Hi, I am about to start daclatasivr/ sofosbuvir and am curious to know if there is anything specific to avoid while on treatment that I may not have heard of ? Also what time of day is best for taking pills to combat side effects? Thank you!
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Things to avoid? Starting treatment! 4 years 4 months ago #25589

Greedfighter Offline Platinum Member Posts: 609 Thank you received: 1732 Karma: 21	Hi Smp123, I believe you need to avoid taking Milk Thistle and St. John's Wart.
	Gt 1a, F0, VL 6.5 million, AST 59, ALT 62 Started Twinvir 1/15/16 6 wk. labs VL UND, AST 27, ALT 20 EOT labs VL UND, AST 23, ALT 19 SVR 16, VL UND, AST 28, ALT 17 SVR 24 , VL UND, 10/8/16 SVR 125, VL UND, 9/22/18 SVR 230, VL UND, 10/3/20 The administrator has disabled public write access. The following user(s) said Thank You: DrJames, Gaj, Smp123

Things to avoid? Starting treatment! 4 years 4 months ago #25592

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Hello Smp123,
It's great to have you on the forum. To check for interactions this is the best online tool:
www.hep-druginteractions.org/checker

Go well, Mnem

G2, infected maybe in 1971?
Diagnosed HVnon-A non-B 1980s, revised to HVC 1990's.
Treatment naive. Fibroscan & bloods all normal ranges.
Viral load 7million,
began Redemption trial4, 12-week generic Sof/Vel (Incepta) 2017. Week 4 UND, Week 12UND, SVR24
Thank-yous to my doctor for the script, to Jan at FixHepC for wrangling, and to Dr Freeman for courage.
Kia kaha e hoa ma!

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Things to avoid? Starting treatment! 4 years 4 months ago #25593

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Hello again Smp123,
About taking the meds: It's really up to you to decide when. The big thing is to take them at the same time every day; and to take them every day. Do not miss a beat. If you forget a dose then take it soon as possible.

My own system involved every morning without fail, waking then taking.

As back up I kept a stash in the bag I take out with me each morning. That way I always had the meds to hand if needed. So if you

you will always remember to remember to take the drugs

G2, infected maybe in 1971?
Diagnosed HVnon-A non-B 1980s, revised to HVC 1990's.
Treatment naive. Fibroscan & bloods all normal ranges.
Viral load 7million,
began Redemption trial4, 12-week generic Sof/Vel (Incepta) 2017. Week 4 UND, Week 12UND, SVR24
Thank-yous to my doctor for the script, to Jan at FixHepC for wrangling, and to Dr Freeman for courage.
Kia kaha e hoa ma!

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Things to avoid? Starting treatment! 4 years 4 months ago #25595

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Hi Smp123 & welcome.

I’m not sure how you are viewing the forum currently but if you scroll to the top of this page you will see set of blue tabs that provide shortcuts to various areas. If you click on the one labelled “Index” this will take you to forum topics by category. Most of the information you ask about can be found in the Experts Corner section under the heading <Drug Interactions & Information>.

Here is a link to that area, the yellow ‘pinned’ posts at the top cover most of the Daclatasvir relevant information although a read through the others may also assist.

fixhepc.com/forum/drug-interactions.html

(The “hep-drugsinteractions” checker that Mnem links is excellent but more geared towards medicines/pharmaceuticals than everyday foods and drinks, etc. though it does list some of the more well known consumables like Grapefuit)

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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Things to avoid? Starting treatment! 4 years 4 months ago #25596

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Hello Smp123,

You've been given some good pointers already. This is a good thread discussing Daclatasvir

fixhepc.com/support-forum/drug-interacti...latasvir-fruits.html

Taurine is in red bull and other energy drinks and some body building supplements. We got it added to the literature because we saw people failing on treatment because of it.

You will find the official manufacturers detailed instructions here: fixhepc.com/medication-information.html

There is both the simple patient info version and the complicated doctor one.

YMMV

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