Hi Mic,

It is true that some patients could can clear within 8 weeks, but I for one was not one of those and I and so glad I treated through MonkMed /FixHepC . If under the NHS advise, I would have definitely relapsed quite early on in the game.

The recommended treatment is 12 weeks for treatment naive, The NHS 8 week recommendation is based on cost-cutting, nothing else.

I’m sure Dr Freeman (Fix HepC ) or Dr Debasis (MonkMed) would advise you the same.

My feeling is those who have carried the virus many years in particular, should do the full 12 weeks, I ended up needing 24 weeks of medicine, although I was one of a very small % who went in the slow lane .

I highly recommend also doing a 2nd/3rd viral load test at 8 weeks if the NHS only offer one at 2 and/or 4 weeks into treatment. Even if you ask your GP for it or pay privately (MediChecks a reasonable price to others).

Advise don’t do what the NHS suggest without seeking a 2nd opinion by the Drs mentioned above who are not restricted by bureaucracy and cost-cuttiing budgets at patients’ expense.

Best wishes,
LG

ps Great re hospital agreeing to monitor though

Hi Mic,
We are (were) almost identical from an HCV standpoint. (v/l, gt, etc)
My doc in the US also recommended 8 weeks, but I went with 12 to be absolutely damn sure I had done all that I reasonably could to get rid of this crap.
It worked.
If you were paying $30,000 for 4 weeks, it might be something worth considering.
If the side effects were unmanageable, the same.
But that is not the case here.
4 weeks to destroy virtually all the virus.
4 weeks to mop up any stragglers.
4 weeks to make damn sure you got every last one.
Good Luck,
m