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HARVONI FATIGUE 8 years 4 days ago #15226
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Hi Dr James, Below are the meds that I'm on. During treatment, I didn't take any Simvastatin or Pantoprazole. Ezetimibe 10mg mane, Simvastatin 5mg mane, Clopidogrel 75mg/Aspirin 100mg mane, Olmesartan 40mg/Amlodipine 10mg mane, Pantoprazole 20mg AUSTRALIAN HCV Genotype 1a 2003 Relapsed Peg Interferon / Ribavirin Pre treatment VL 2,000,000 ALT 65, AST 42, ALP 111, GGT 56 Bridging F3-4 Treatment -24 weeks - Sof , Led with 12 weeks Riba. 4 weeks VL <12 Detected ALP 89 , GGT 21 , ALT 17 , AST14 12 weeks VL Undetected ALP 96, GGT 22, ALT 20, AST 20 24 weeks VL Undetected ALP 83, GGT 20, ALT 21, AST 14 EOT 6th April 2016 SVR 5 weeks VL Undetected ALP 81, GGT 31, ALT 22, AST 20 |
HARVONI FATIGUE 8 years 4 days ago #15270
| Hi Michael If I recall correctly you did a 24 week course of meds? so maybe due to that it may take your body a little longer to get firing on all 6 cylinders again. As for the sore muscles I can tell you that magnesium works small wonders. I used to do a lot of competitive swimming and running - on the days when I had a hard core training session I would take a couple of mag tablets a couple of hours before bed and found the next day that the muscle pain was more bearable. P.S really like your avatar pic SVR 24 |
HARVONI FATIGUE 8 years 4 days ago #15274
I must be one of the lucky ones. Genotype 1a Diagnosed in 2004, had HCV for all my adult life. Until 2016!!!! Harvoni treatment, started 19 March 2016 4 week results Bilirubin 12 down from 14 pre treatment, Gamma 25 down from 52, ALT 19 down from 63, AST 19 down from 47, VL <15 down from a lazy 6 million or so EOT Results Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND 12 Weeks post EOT Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND Cured baby The following user(s) said Thank You: pat1 | |
HARVONI FATIGUE 8 years 3 days ago #15290
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Great to hear you are rocking it Beaches - I cant believe you are at end of the 6 week mark...seems like only a couple of weeks ago you signed up here and posted that funny Harvoni pic. SVR 24 The following user(s) said Thank You: pat1 |
HARVONI FATIGUE 8 years 3 days ago #15308
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Thanks Dr James, I will get a CK enzyme blood test done & if elevated, I will stop the Ezetimbe . I was thinking about going off all meds for a month & see how I feel. But as all these meds I was prescribed after I had my stroke 3 years ago. AUSTRALIAN HCV Genotype 1a 2003 Relapsed Peg Interferon / Ribavirin Pre treatment VL 2,000,000 ALT 65, AST 42, ALP 111, GGT 56 Bridging F3-4 Treatment -24 weeks - Sof , Led with 12 weeks Riba. 4 weeks VL <12 Detected ALP 89 , GGT 21 , ALT 17 , AST14 12 weeks VL Undetected ALP 96, GGT 22, ALT 20, AST 20 24 weeks VL Undetected ALP 83, GGT 20, ALT 21, AST 14 EOT 6th April 2016 SVR 5 weeks VL Undetected ALP 81, GGT 31, ALT 22, AST 20 |
HARVONI FATIGUE 8 years 3 days ago #15311
The statin at low dose should be continued for it's anti-stroke effects. Keeping you blood pressure under control and using antiplatelet therapy like aspirin also helps. YMMV | |
HARVONI FATIGUE 7 years 11 months ago #15775
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Dr James, below are the blood tests I had yesterday. The good news is that my muscle aches & pains are getting less. My wife & I just returned from a 7 day self drive holiday in NZ, where I did lots of walking tracks. To my surprise my muscles started to ache but I just kept on pushing on & the pain got less. Maybe being post Tx 4weeks, my liver is starting to recover from having the hepC virus for 45 years. Monday 9/5/16 Fasting Blood Test S&N Pathology Hepatitis C Virus RNA Qualitative FBC EUC LFT CK Vitamin D Anaemia Vitamin B12 Lipids Cholesterol (fasting) AUSTRALIAN HCV Genotype 1a 2003 Relapsed Peg Interferon / Ribavirin Pre treatment VL 2,000,000 ALT 65, AST 42, ALP 111, GGT 56 Bridging F3-4 Treatment -24 weeks - Sof , Led with 12 weeks Riba. 4 weeks VL <12 Detected ALP 89 , GGT 21 , ALT 17 , AST14 12 weeks VL Undetected ALP 96, GGT 22, ALT 20, AST 20 24 weeks VL Undetected ALP 83, GGT 20, ALT 21, AST 14 EOT 6th April 2016 SVR 5 weeks VL Undetected ALP 81, GGT 31, ALT 22, AST 20 |
HARVONI FATIGUE 7 years 11 months ago #15776
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Sorry for the delayed reply Tina . 5 weeks after treatment & my muscle aches & pains have been getting better. I'm starting to feel more alive AUSTRALIAN HCV Genotype 1a 2003 Relapsed Peg Interferon / Ribavirin Pre treatment VL 2,000,000 ALT 65, AST 42, ALP 111, GGT 56 Bridging F3-4 Treatment -24 weeks - Sof , Led with 12 weeks Riba. 4 weeks VL <12 Detected ALP 89 , GGT 21 , ALT 17 , AST14 12 weeks VL Undetected ALP 96, GGT 22, ALT 20, AST 20 24 weeks VL Undetected ALP 83, GGT 20, ALT 21, AST 14 EOT 6th April 2016 SVR 5 weeks VL Undetected ALP 81, GGT 31, ALT 22, AST 20 |
HARVONI FATIGUE 7 years 11 months ago #15781
Great to read that you had a fun road trip in NZ and that you're more limber now too with less pain I'm happy for you Michael-Henry Happies from Ariel Gen 1a Peg/inf/riba 2012(!) stop @ Wk 43 potassium low +issues (rlps week 4 post tx, VL120,000) scnds eg. adenomas. pre sof/led VL 240,000 Fibsc F0 Day 25 <30 Day 32 UND Week 10 UND EOT UND ALT11AST17GGT19 SVR4 UND ALT10 AST16 GGT13 SVR8 UND ALT <9 AST16 GGT15 SVR12 UND ALT14 AST19 GGT12 Bili 5 EOT +18 ALT13 AST20 GGT9 Bili 5 EOT +21 ALT11AST15 Cured SVR12 Dysplasia Adenomas RemvdAug '16 SVR24 UND ALT11AST16 ColonoscopyClear Nov17 LumpectomyClear ‘18 LithotripsyCytoscopyBiopsy 4/18 | |
HARVONI FATIGUE 7 years 11 months ago #15789
| Gotta say I am 3 weeks post treatment and feel better all the time. Much more energy, less joint pain. 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 |
HARVONI FATIGUE 7 years 7 months ago #21267
3 weeks into ledipasvir and sofosbuvir ( Hepcinat LP ) I'm experiencing increased Fatigue Irritability Indigestion Intermittent muscle, oral, and liver pains coughing due to excess mucus production headaches stiff & crackly joints all are welcome. This means the medication is working and is killing the virus. I can put up with it for another 9 ( hopefully ) weeks... 49 years hosting this virus is plenty. | |
HARVONI FATIGUE 7 years 7 months ago #21305
Hi Claudel I am four weeks after EOT today but can recognize some of those sides while on generic harvoni. One of the things that helped me a lot to keep them at bay was to drink 64 ounces (2 litters) of fluids a day and avoid heavy foods (we usually know what they are! Blood transfusion in 1992 - Diagnosed in 2007 Tx naive -G1b - F1 VL 2.270.000 ALT 40 Start tx June 4th/2016 with DAAs - Sof/Led from India Bloods on two weeks of tx (June 18th) AST 17 - ALT 10 - GGT 19 Virus UND Bloods on six weeks of tx (July 16th) AST 17 - ALT 8 - GGT 12 Virus UND EOT on August 8th (did 9 weeks and 3 days) SVR 4 Virus UND (September 7th) AST 13 - ALT 5 SVR 14 Virus UND (November 12th) | |
HARVONI FATIGUE 7 years 7 months ago #21306
Hi Meg None of the sides are anything more than annoying to me at this point ( 58 more pills to go... ) I'm having way less distress than I did with interferon/ribavarin. I got an energy boost right when I started taking it that lasted a week or so before I started getting a variety of extra symptoms. I've been drinking lots of water and avoiding foods I've found to be problematic in the past. At the moment indigestion is the worst of it for me and I don't want to take anything for it that might interfere with the antivirals. I can tolerate it, I'm almost 1/3 done. I'm just going to take it easy until I take all the medicine. Thanks... | |