Drinking has no impact on Hep C cure rates with the new DAAs

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22 March 2017 at 5:25 am #25652
Dr James
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For those of you who still have a few vices, here is an article called:

Alcohol Use Among Veterans with HCV Does Not Blunt SVR Rates from DAAs

http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/aasld-2016/alcohol-use-among-veterans-with-hcv-does-not-blunt-svr-rates-from-daas/article/571410/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5341745/

Don’t take this as a recommendation to have Hep C and add the additional liver toxicity from alcohol, but don’t let the fact you still like a drink convince you that treatment is futile, or should be put off. In fact, for you, there is even more reason to treat – a healthy liver can deal with detoxifying alcohol better.

Your chances of curing your hep C are the same whether you drink or not.

YMMV
22 March 2017 at 6:19 pm #25660
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We have proof ,also. Obviously, it is not for everyone.https://fixhepc.com/forum/questions-and-answers/387-drinking-alcohol.html?start=45

contracted Gen 1a in the 70’s, dx in 2007…ast 27 to 35…alt 43 to 96…vl 1.2 mil to 8.6 mil.
biopsy F-2 (2012)..pre tx results 1/23/16 ast 32, alt 46, vl 3.1 mil
tx started 2/11/16…. lab results 2/24/16 ast 18, alt 18, vl <15 IU/ml
28 days later………….lab results 3/9/16 ast 21, alt 21, vl UND
56 days later………….lab results 4/6/16 ast 20, alt 22, vl UND
139 days later………..lab results 6/29/16 ast 28, alt 30, vl UND…EOT
SVR24
23 March 2017 at 2:18 am #25662
Vororo
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Hey Re-roll, was all that one year ago already!?

Shoot, we had some fun while we were getting cured

‘course, we’re all perfectly serious in normal life…

Diagnosed Jan 2015: GT3, A0+F0/F1. Fatigue + Brain-Fog.
Started Sof+Dac from fixHepC 10-Nov-2015. NO sides.
Pre-Tx: AST 82, ALT 133, Viral Load 1 900 000.
Week4: AST 47, ALT 58. VL < 15 (unquantifiable). Week12 (EOT): AST 30, ALT 26, VL UND Week16 (EOT+4): AST 32, ALT 28, GGT 24, VL UND Week28 (EOT+16): AST 26, ALT 22, GGT 24, VL UND Ever grateful to Dr James. Relapsed somewhere after all that... Bummer! Jan 2018: VL 63 000 (still GT3).
14 April 2017 at 4:59 am #25851
Greedfighter
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I drank every day during treatment. I took my Twinvir tablets with Heineken

I’m not proud…I’m trying to stop drinking, but don’t not treat just because you are drinking. You will be cured just the same. Then you can work on sobriety like me. I don’t want to be a drinker/drunk illy:' />
14 April 2017 at 5:51 am #25852
re_roll
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GF….good for you. I’ve been around for a while. There are good and
bad drunks. Curious on how many Heiney’s you imbibed. A couple or
three should not label anyone a drunk unless you become a total
a-hole. Just like anything else…….moderation is the key.

contracted Gen 1a in the 70’s, dx in 2007…ast 27 to 35…alt 43 to 96…vl 1.2 mil to 8.6 mil.
biopsy F-2 (2012)..pre tx results 1/23/16 ast 32, alt 46, vl 3.1 mil
tx started 2/11/16…. lab results 2/24/16 ast 18, alt 18, vl <15 IU/ml
28 days later………….lab results 3/9/16 ast 21, alt 21, vl UND
56 days later………….lab results 4/6/16 ast 20, alt 22, vl UND
139 days later………..lab results 6/29/16 ast 28, alt 30, vl UND…EOT
SVR24
15 April 2017 at 2:32 am #25857
Greedfighter
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Hi re_roll

3-4 beers, sometimes a 6 but not everyday anymore. Still trying to get it down to once a week. It’s hard as I am single with a stressful job. I’m either stressed or bored. But I never drive or cause any mischief.
15 April 2017 at 6:31 am #25858
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Greedfighter wrote:

Hi re_roll

3-4 beers, sometimes a 6 but not everyday anymore. Still trying to get it down to once a week. It’s hard as I am single with a stressful job. I’m either stressed or bored. But I never drive or cause any mischief.

Since HCV eradication and education is our goal here, I will make this short. BTW, you have done
a very good job. Now that I know that I am SVR 99.9% (one is never cured), I like to drink w/o
the sickle dude in the black robe following me daily. Having beers or cocktails after a stressful day
is relaxing and therapeutic. Don’t know you personally, but if a few Heineys can cause issues for
you, then quit, If not, enjoy life. It is shorter than anyone thinks.

Moderation, moderation, moderation………YMMV.

contracted Gen 1a in the 70’s, dx in 2007…ast 27 to 35…alt 43 to 96…vl 1.2 mil to 8.6 mil.
biopsy F-2 (2012)..pre tx results 1/23/16 ast 32, alt 46, vl 3.1 mil
tx started 2/11/16…. lab results 2/24/16 ast 18, alt 18, vl <15 IU/ml
28 days later………….lab results 3/9/16 ast 21, alt 21, vl UND
56 days later………….lab results 4/6/16 ast 20, alt 22, vl UND
139 days later………..lab results 6/29/16 ast 28, alt 30, vl UND…EOT
SVR24
15 April 2017 at 7:49 am #25859
Dr James
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Everything in moderation, including moderation

– Oscar Wilde

YMMV
17 April 2017 at 5:48 am #25871
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Hi all

found this on Youtube:

Apparently Jerry Lewis said the glass was full of juice after Dean Martin died. Dean only really abused the grog in the time before he died.

Been mainly on the wagon since a HCC in 2012 myself, and now find I cannot handle much more then a taste.

J.
16 May 2017 at 10:07 am #26069
Travis-Chia-google
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Great video.
Really its very useful to drink for a man ….
9 August 2017 at 10:38 am #26726
Gobbel@75
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Good post!! Happy to know about this info on drinking impact. Visiting to virginia opiate addiction treatment center for my alcohol addiction. Getting really effective treatment from there that is helping me to overcome with addiction. Thanks to this great center.
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