Brilliant news Vivicus, it is an unforgettable moment, isn’t it. May all your tests say undetected forever. A way to go before that, but you can’t get better news than no virus visible. It is not just words on a page, is what your body’s new reality is. It really is incredible.

HI, am new to the language here, but that sounds like great news. I have just started on Dac/Saf, day 4, and am hopeful to report positive results further down the line. Certainly feeling empowered in making the decision to take this journey, but feeling somewhat out of my depth. Sure I will be throwing medical terms around like an old hack further down the track!
G3 with F3, and definitely had this beasties as a freeloader for 20years, possibly longer
Cheers

Hi!

Thank You Ariel and Hazel! I was a dancing banana Yesterday while reading the news ha-ha.
Just came from family doc and we wanna be sure that the virus will stay away so I will do longer period of Epclusa.

Welcome Balance! Hoping for you the same results with me. Undetectable is the result we are hoping to see near future for you to.

Best wishes,
Vivcus

Hello Balance,

Ribavirin needs to be started at the beginning to deliver full benefits.

If you are GT3 with high fibrosis (fibroscan >10 kPa) then you definitely need either Ribavirin or 24 weeks Sof/Dac without ribavirin.

Hi Balance,

Welcome and congratulations on starting your treatment. I had no idea what I was talking about when I first joined this site (still don’t sometimes) but you’ll be throwing around abbreviated medical terms before you know it!

I took Ribavirin with the Veikira Pak and Sof. Although it caused me a few additional side effects (headaches, a bit of sleeplessness and worst of all really really dry thin hair!) it was manageable day to day so I’m hoping it will be the same for you.

I’m a bit fond of the old Riba because it provided some of the heavy lifting that the treatment needed to get rid of my especially stubborn virus.

What Dr James doesn’t know about Hep C isn’t worth knowing so with his input, your own medical support and your community on this site you’ll beat this for sure.

Coral

Hi Balance,

I think you’ve made the right choice.

There is no doubt that PEG Interferon and Ribavirin was hard going, but most of that was the PEG.

Most people tolerate the Ribavirin pretty well with 25% getting nothing much, 50% getting a few sides like the irritability, and only a few getting significant issues.

We can always reduce the dose or stop it if needs be…

Hi Balance,

I had to retreat adding Ribavirin to Sof/Dac after relapsing the first time. Liver is a bit scarred and Sof/Dac on its own was not enough.

Second time appears to have worked a treat.

I used Ribavirin many years ago with Interferon and had all sorts of side affects, mainly emotional ones.

This time with DAA’s not so bad, but I noticed that Ribavirin and me are not good friends.

Two ways I managed through it was knowing the treatment would work and the second, if Ribavirin was getting me down, I just cut back (one pill, not the prescribed 2) for a day which seems to have made me feel better, then full dose again.

This seems to have kept a therapeutic amount in my system without tipping me right over the edge.

Been enjoying SVR since then. You soon will too.

Jeff