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1 April 2017 at 5:15 am in reply to: Why it’s not a good idea to wait for treatment #25738
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Many of the drugs that doctors prescribe to patients are only slightly better than doing nothing.

For many patients, and that’s many – not all, the results of DAA treatment on quality of life are hard to explain, but like you say – all sorts of annoying weirdness often seems to vanish.

We all get old, but Hep C seems to deliver the problems of old age way too early.

YMMV
1 April 2017 at 5:10 am in reply to: First dose today, the journey begins…. #25737
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The invention of these medications was a penicillin moment. The first drugs ever to cure a viral disease. Cure, not treat.

I has to be one of the great tragedies of modern times that they are not being deployed on a mass scale.

YMMV
1 April 2017 at 5:02 am in reply to: Signing up for Redemption! #25735
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While I do understand how people could find it sounding too good to be true it really speaks to the power of marketing. I find it amazing that Big Pharma has managed to convince people that 3 bottles of pills weighing under 300g are worth the same as 2 new BMW or Mercedes cars!

Here’s an image I find says it all:

YMMV
1 April 2017 at 4:58 am in reply to: Cimivir-l purchased in India/ Other medical judgments of Hep. C #25733
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Hi Gert,

Would you be kind enough to post this in Danish? If you put some background in the top like this:

It is possible to import affordable generic Hepatitis C DAA medication into Denmark (+ whatever else you think people might be Googling for).

I can publish that on the Blog part of the site. That will help people Googling in Danish find it.

We did the same for the Russians and it helped people find information they need http://fixhepc.com/blog/item/74-new-russian-forum-for-hcv-with-doctors-http-gepatitka-ru.html

YMMV
1 April 2017 at 4:50 am in reply to: How manny GT3’s on this forum are cured? #25732
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31 March 2017 at 4:38 am in reply to: Customs Issues-Success or Failure #25715
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Sadly Spain is one of our problem children and blocks importation by Fedex/DHL.

As Gert mentioned getting to the the UK is easy, as is arranging pick up there.

That’s about the best we can do. Surrounding you (relatively) are both Egypt and Algeria where good quality medication is freely available, so travel to there also works, and we would be happy to put you in touch with the right people there.

YMMV
30 March 2017 at 12:32 am in reply to: no longer furtively reading posts here, joined Redemption trials #25707
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Hello Margie,

Just go here on this site

http://fixhepc.com/home/redemption-etrials.html

And select the appropriate link for the medications you want and fill in the form.

It’s that easy

YMMV
29 March 2017 at 2:26 pm in reply to: Thank You Doc Freeman #25701
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Hi Barry,

Sounds like tropical strength Rid and mozzie coils are needed.

Lucky they built you jungle tough!

YMMV
28 March 2017 at 2:43 pm in reply to: any one else have a co-infection with HVB? #25699
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Yes

If you have Hep B surface antibodies, either from immunisation or past infection you are immune.

Past infection is marked by Hep B core antibodies.

If you have Hep B antigen that is part of the virus so you have active Hep B

YMMV
28 March 2017 at 8:39 am in reply to: Where can I get the Genotype Test in Oregon USA. #25695
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Hi Hugh,

The problem will be that this is a PCR test and the blood either needs to be processed quickly or frozen.

Here’s Labcorp’s details on the test:

https://www.labcorp.com/test-menu/27426/hepatitis-c-virus-hcv-genotyping-nonreflex

YMMV
25 March 2017 at 1:22 am in reply to: Day 1… here we go #25681
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Hi Cameralady,

I expect your energy will return soon.

Useful lifestyle things are nutrition, sunlight and exercise.

Getting a good dose of sunlight suppresses melatonin production and makes you less sleepy. Going for a walk in the sunlight ticks 2 boxes. This assumes there is sunlight!

Opening the curtains in the bedroom so it becomes light in the morning also helps.

Vitamin B12 and D and adequate hydration help some people.

YMMV
24 March 2017 at 1:57 pm in reply to: Sof/dac and autoimmune disease arthritis #25677
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Undetected at 4 weeks is a good sign but your VL of 24 million is the highest I’ve ever seen in GT3. 16 weeks is a good idea in GT3 and definitely worth considering.

YMMV
24 March 2017 at 3:53 am in reply to: Sof/dac and autoimmune disease arthritis #25674
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Hi Jan,

Sorry to hear about your problem Janet.

Often we see arthritic stuff, and autoimmune stuff get better.

What I have seen is the medications cause a flare up of gout, and although this is typically seen in the big toe, and often only on one side, it can affect any joint so I would certainly have your serum urate level checked.

Certainly a checkup of you autoimmune markers and gout markers would be in order. Prednisolone works for both, and although the preference would be not to use it, we may have to consider it to damp things down. A short course should not adversely impact on treatment success.

YMMV
23 March 2017 at 12:39 am in reply to: Sofosburvir + Daclatasvir Worried about KRATOM usage #25661
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Well that’s a relief.

With the GT1a the 8 week duration for treatment naive low fibrosis patients with a viral load of less than 6 million the data related to Sofosbuvir/Ledipasvir and has been shown to be optimistic ie in the real world patients with this profile get better results with 12 weeks treatment.

Sof/Dac is probably slightly better but it is an extrapolation from data for a different drug combo.

YMMV
22 March 2017 at 5:35 pm in reply to: First dose today, the journey begins…. #25658
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