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18 April 2016 at 5:54 am #15723
Hi Beaches,
yes I agree, don’t know what we would have done without our special Dr James.
Not many as compassionate & strong as him.
Everyone here is so, so lucky.x
J the young dragon slayer is:
HepC 1a since birth
Male aged 15
VL 2000000
Started Twinvir/ 10-11-15-then Sof/led.
NO sides so far !
after one week VL : 37
after 4 wks VL : UND !
EOT 2/2/16 UND.!
4 wks. post tx results….pending….
7/3/16 VL result : 4 week post tx: SVR !
12 weeks SVR !
24 wks SVR yeeaa!!18 April 2016 at 8:58 am #15732Greedfighter wrote:Dr. Freeman, you may have just saved a million people from premature death.
Absolutely!! Dr. Freeman is a hero against Big Pharma and is doing some great work for many, many peeps!!
G1a dx’d in 1992, Biopsy F2 VL 8mill +. Tried tx with Interferon/Riba, back in 2008 didn’t last long it felt horribly ugly!! I stopped tx, after 5 weeks!!
Started tx 6/1/16 with Harvoni.
12 Month Labs= UND18 April 2016 at 10:36 am #15736Thanks GF, it’s great to finally see Dr J and all that he has done and continues to do get some media coverage here in the US!
He is the guardian angel for so many of us……cannot say Thank You enough!
GT2b diagnosed 10/2015
since: unknown
11/20/15 VL= 214,070
12/4/15 ALT=18 AST= 24
1/16/16 started sof/dac
2/13/16 @4wks VL=UND ALT=13 AST=22
3/12/16 @8wks VL=UND ALT=10 AST=18
4/9/16 EOT VL=UND ALT=11 AST=19
9/23/16 SVR24 ALT=11 AST=2218 April 2016 at 11:24 am #15737Hope Dr James is feeling the love
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 soEOT Results
Bilirubin 10, GGT 18, ALT 19, AST 21, VL UND12 Weeks post EOT
Bilirubin 11, GGT 16, ALT 22, AST 20, VL UND
Cured baby18 April 2016 at 11:55 am #15740Yes, I don’t think there are words to describe how grateful I am to James (and Greg) for their efforts with the push for generics. When I was first diagnosed 12 months ago it was Greg’s blog that I came across while “googling” everything I could about Hep C. I had heard of the virus but had absolutely no idea about the ramifications that came along with it.
The support from everyone on this forum is awesome and allays a lot of fears for those us that have had our doubts here and there. It has also shown me just how brave the human spirit can be.
Shall post my SVR12 in a couple of weeks! Onwards and upwards!!!
YMMV
21 April 2016 at 4:18 am #15899WebMD picked it up too!
This is fantastic, since this will be in their searchable archives for HepC Generics! This is the most popular, go to site in USA for Medical questions. Maybe even on the planet!
Talk about changing the world!!
21 April 2016 at 9:26 am #15916wow!!! so wonder how’s Eviljoy going to handle this wonderful news spilling out all over the place? Finally, the light is shining into the dark corners! (well, just checked, maybe not in THAT dark corner, total news blackout there..she must be busy erasing day and night–still telling the people who are crying about being denied to wait and appeal and wait and appeal, and rinse, wash again…
GT 2b; since 80’s, no prior tx, sofosbuvir and daclatasvir compounded from API’s at Kingswood Pharmacy in Sydney, started tx nov 6,2015, undetected at 4 wks, UND at 8 weeks, UND at 1 week after EOT, UND at 4 weeks after EOT and UND at 8 weeks after EOT. I feel GOOD!! I knew that I WOULD!””
21 April 2016 at 9:40 am #15917Gilead must be pretty pissed about now……
Genotype 3
VL 4,100,000
ALT 101 AST 71
Treatment Naive
Started Sof/Dac Jan 12, 2016
VL= <15 4 weeks in. AST/ALT normal.
VL=UNDETECTED 8 weeks in.
SVR4= Virus back. 3,300,000Started generic Epclusa Sep. 23, 2017
4 weeks in <15 *Detected.
12 weeks in <15 *Not Detected.
16 weeks in <15 *Not Detected.
Finished 24 weeks treatment 3-17-18
SVR5 <15 Not Detected.
SVR 20 <15 Not Detected.
SVR 44 <15 Not Detected.Thank you Jesus.
Thank you Dr. James21 April 2016 at 12:37 pm #15931Gilead must be pretty pissed about now…..
Gilead are businessmen. Amoral perhaps, but businessmen all the same. They will always have known their high price run was time limited, although generic competition may not have factored into their timelines.
Gilead’s decision is simple – if they chase us they give the generic flame oxygen. Media oxygen.
Ignoring generics is their best option and what they have been doing. If you look at the upside/downside risk, selecting do nothing is the way to go.
I doubt a bit of anger is going to make them drop the ball. They may be bastards, but they aren’t stupid.
YMMV
21 April 2016 at 7:04 pm #15966Exactly right doc.
They (Gilead) will keep the price high in the U.S. because the insurance companies are having to cover the cost to avoid lawsuits over denial of treatment claims. The high cost of insurance coverage for these and other specialty drugs will be passed along to all the members of the insurance plan. The government (state and federal) will recoup their money through higher taxes. Gilead gets the money and avoids paying its fair share of taxes by being based offshore.
The American way.
Curehcvnow@gmail.com
http://forums.delphiforums.com/generichcvtxG 1a F-1
Started tx 10/23/15 (Meso sof & led) ALT 48 AST 28 v/l 1.6 mil
11/17/15 4 wk lab ALT 17 AST 16 <15
11/18/15 Started Harvoni
12/16/15 8 wk lab ALT: 15 AST: 13 V/l UND
1/14/16 Fin. Tx
7/07/16 UND SVR 2421 April 2016 at 10:45 pm #15972Yup. I agree. I predict they will wait and in about a year drop the price to $25,000 which the insurance companies will think is a dream price. Then continue raking in the billions.
Genotype 3
VL 4,100,000
ALT 101 AST 71
Treatment Naive
Started Sof/Dac Jan 12, 2016
VL= <15 4 weeks in. AST/ALT normal.
VL=UNDETECTED 8 weeks in.
SVR4= Virus back. 3,300,000Started generic Epclusa Sep. 23, 2017
4 weeks in <15 *Detected.
12 weeks in <15 *Not Detected.
16 weeks in <15 *Not Detected.
Finished 24 weeks treatment 3-17-18
SVR5 <15 Not Detected.
SVR 20 <15 Not Detected.
SVR 44 <15 Not Detected.Thank you Jesus.
Thank you Dr. James22 April 2016 at 3:34 am #15983Hopefully people in USA will make the effort to seek out foreign generics.
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