http://www.gp2u.com. That is the site of Dr. Freeman who runs this forum.

Hi Norman, yes please tell us where you are in general terms. Also, to whom have you sent the money? Just trying to work out how far you have progressed in buying generics.

Hi Norman,

I wonder if the problem with the doctors you approached is that they are reluctant to discuss this area with a blind caller over the phone. You may find them more willing to discuss during a face to face meeting where they have a copy of your medical records to refer to.

Depending on the current status of your illness, and assuming you don’t have cirrhosis or other complications then once you have a prescription your own GP would likely be able to monitor your treatment progress based on the linked cheat sheet.

http://fixhepc.com/forum/forum-gp-cheat-sheet.html

Anyway, both Hazelriannon & Chapel are located in New Zealand as is Tina from page 11 who is also an active member here. They don’t appear to be online at the moment but will no doubt be along soon to provide further advice as to doctors in your country now that they know where you are located.

Oh your GP will need to refer you to Dr Wong, that’s the way to see specialists here apparently. The fact that you do not live in his area (the Hutt) might be problematic, I’m not sure.
If you find you cannot get a NZ script, perhaps consider flying to Australia. An Australian script is fine with carried medicine, not so with an import, unless the FixHepC trial status makes it possible. For the price of the airfare you would avoid a lot of worry/possible seizure of the meds. That is what I did, and I was then able to approach doctors for monitoring. The first specialist I approached, a colleague of Jeff Wong, agreed.

Just to add my own two-cents,

I have the feeling (from my own experience anyway), that many Drs are unwilling to actively support the use of overseas generics, but once they know that you are taking them, they will support you as far as monitoring is concerned. This is their duty of care, after all. And they will be (or should be) very reassured to know that your generic treatment is sourced from a reputable source such as FixHepC or MonkMed.

And once they see from the first blood tests that the stuff really works as advertised, they will open up and start telling you how wonderful the new generics are.

Again from my own experience, my specialist was at first absolutely astonished that I had flown to Australia to get the treatment. But when I showed him a copy of the prescription from Dr Freeman he was quite satisfied that all was well.

Twelve weeks later, and UND, he told me that I had done absolutely the right thing, and he even seemed apologetic that he had to follow national guidelines and was thereforepowerless to prescribe himself… Still, he told me that if he ever has another patient like me he will keep FixHepC in mind.

So at least as far as Hep-C and generics are concerned, my advice to anyone who might be reading this is not to wait for permission from your own Dr, but just take the initiative yourself and go for it through the Buyers Club!

Hi chongandco,

I’ve sent you a PM.