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  • #4801
    Avatar photoChejai
    • Guardian Angel
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    @chejai

    This is really great news for J, and you too of course, Cindi. That is a fantastic drop in VL! So, glad he’s feeling happier. I was 18 when I got it and have had depression most of my life, genetic predisposition but living with this chronic virus may well have factored in.
    It’s awesome you have taken this step for your son :)


    QLD Australia ☀️
    G3a HCV 35 yrs Tx naive
    Started Sof/Dac 13/01/16

    Dec ’15
    AST 70
    ALT 89
    GGT 124
    Fibroscore 8.5
    F1-F2
    13 Feb’16 VL UND #woohoo!
    AST 24
    ALT 26
    GGT 50H

    #5351
    Avatar photoCJ
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    @cj

    Hi,
    I’ve been looking on the drug interaction chart but can’t find ” Brompheniramine” I think it’s an antihistamine. It’s in a med called Dimetapp, which J needs at night when he has a cold, and he seems to be getting one.

    I see the other ingredient “Phenylephrint” is ok with the Harvoni.

    Can anyone help with this?
    Anyone know?

    J will have done 4 weeks tomorrow & will get his bloods done.
    he’s going well other than getting a sore throat now.
    I really grilled him the other day about sides, as he doesn’t say much.

    It appears the only difference he’s really felt on these orals is his appetite is a bit less.
    Not as hungry, & eating less.
    That’s all. :)

    Hope someone can come back with any advise about the drug interaction.

    All the best to everyone,

    Cindi 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!!

    #5353
    Avatar photoCJ
    • Guardian Angel
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    @cj

    Also what about vit. C or Sambucol which seems to just be “Sambucas nigra” ( black elderberry)
    Can’t find anything like this on drug interaction chart.

    The problem with J is he’s a fussy eater, doesn’t eat fruit & hates vegies except shelled peas.Maybe I can bribe a carrot into him & potatoes.
    That’s about it.
    Once we offered him $20 just to “try” a banana, but he refused :ohmy: ….we did start off a lot lower but it got up to that amount & we gave up.

    Very difficult to get vitamins into him except for the pill kind, and since starting the Led/sof, he’s had NO sups at all.

    Any suggestions?
    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!!

    #5355
    dope-on-a-rope.jpgDr James
    • Guardian Angel
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    @fixhepc

    According to http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/brompheniramine

    The metabolic pathway has not been full characterised.

    So while it should be fine, as short a period of use as possible would be best.


    YMMV

    #5356
    Avatar photoPaul-Jarman-facebook
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    @paul-jarman-facebook

    I can’t find anything at all on the Dimatap but I think the Vitamin C is fine as I have seen it recommended for use on treatment elsewhere. Fussy eater eh ? I suppose mung beans, brussel sprouts and spinach are all out as well :)


    Two time relapser.

    SVR 4 achieved 12/16 at last
    SVR 12 achieved 22/02/2017 The Bastard has been defeated :):):)

    GT 3 – about 28 yrs with HCV

    #5358
    Avatar photoCJ
    • Guardian Angel
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    @cj

    Thanks Dr James, I’ll wait ’till when & if it get bad enough to use that.


    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!!

    #5359
    Avatar photoCJ
    • Guardian Angel
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    @cj

    Thanks Paul, yes I’ll give him Vit C later tonight.

    I suppose mung beans, brussel sprouts and spinach are all out as well

    Hehe! definitely none of those foods!!!! :lol:
    You know how weird it is, he won’t eat mango’s ( even a slither) or watermelon, or any of those nice summer fruits, he loves strawberry milkshakes & ice-cream but wont touch a strawberry.

    Oh…. just remembered, he has eaten little bits of pealed apple before if the bribe’s good enough.

    ….but that’s about it.


    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!!

    #5360
    avatar876.jpegGaj
    • Guardian Angel
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    @gaj

    Hmmm. Shepherds pie, lasagna, spaghetti bol, meatloaf, hamburgers, homemade sausage rolls?

    Pretty much anything using (not too lean) mince meat you can grate up some carrot, zucchini, onion, etc. the thicker and richer flavoured any sauce is, and the finer you grate the more you can get away with but don’t use too much in the beginning.

    Blitz fresh strawberries with some strawberry syrup?

    G
    B)


    G3a since ’78 – Dx ’12 – F4 (2xHCC)
    24wk Tx – PEG/Riba/Dac 2013 relapsed
    24wk Tx – Generic Sof/Dac/Riba 2015/16 relapsed
    16wk Tx – 12/01/17 -> 03/05/17 NS3/NS5a + Generic Sof
    SVR7 – 22/06/17 UND
    SRV12 – 27/07/17 UND
    SVR24 – 26/10/17 UND
    :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

    #5361
    Avatar photozhuk
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    @zhuk

    I couldn’t find anything specifically on that one either, Cindi

    But here is a complete rundown of all 156 drugs which interact with Harvoni: Hope you find something there, couldn’t see Brompheniramine.

    http://www.drugs.com/drug-interactions/ledipasvir-sofosbuvir,harvoni.html


    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    #5362
    Avatar photozhuk
    • Guardian Angel
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    @zhuk
    CJ wrote:

    Thanks Paul, yes I’ll give him Vit C later tonight.

    I suppose mung beans, brussel sprouts and spinach are all out as well

    Hehe! definitely none of those foods!!!! :lol:
    You know how weird it is, he won’t eat mango’s ( even a slither) or watermelon, or any of those nice summer fruits, he loves strawberry milkshakes & ice-cream but wont touch a strawberry.

    Oh…. just remembered, he has eaten little bits of pealed apple before if the bribe’s good enough.

    ….but that’s about it.

    Kids, huh! :)

    I guess gone are the days when you were told to eat what was put in front of you, or you wouldn’t get anything else…yeah my parents were very old-school. Consequently I have a deep and abiding intolerance of brussel sprouts, parsnips & turnips :lol:


    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    #5363
    Avatar photoCJ
    • Guardian Angel
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    @cj

    Hi zhuk,

    Yeah, mine were old school too, but we had quite a fat, greedy sausage dog, when we were young, & we could sneak our brussel sprouts etc. under the table to him :P


    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!!

    #5365
    Avatar photozhuk
    • Guardian Angel
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    @zhuk

    Haha CJ, win!

    I am an only child though, so it was harder to get away with things in general :P


    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    #5367
    Avatar photoCJ
    • Guardian Angel
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    @cj

    Oh yeah it would have been harder, we were forever grateful for our little doggy garbage bin!

    But you were probably healthier for it zhuk, :)
    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!!

    #5377
    Avatar photozhuk
    • Guardian Angel
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    @zhuk

    Hmmm, maybe so heh

    My mum grew up in the Depression so they was the inevitable “clean your plate because there are starving children in India” directive too :lol:


    GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
    F0, tx naive
    VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
    Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
    11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
    AST 26
    ALT 26

    #5379
    Avatar photoPaul-Jarman-facebook
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    @paul-jarman-facebook

    When I grew up we were told to think of all the starving Biafrans, they were welcome to my sprouts but never got them.


    Two time relapser.

    SVR 4 achieved 12/16 at last
    SVR 12 achieved 22/02/2017 The Bastard has been defeated :):):)

    GT 3 – about 28 yrs with HCV

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