God sake if it really is a cost cutting measure its an incredibly petty and nasty one!
I can’t help thinking anyone with a speck of human compassion would want to chuck the Interferon on the incinerator asap.
Perhaps the people who make these decisions just never get to see what happens at ground zero? It’s the only way I can imagine they aren’t monsters.

So does that mean we are going to have to wait for our GPs to do this course before they can prescribe our DAAs?
This could drag things out considerably!

I’ll be very interested to see if Fibroscans are a requirement. If you want one here in Brisbane its either pay up or 6 months wait (and that was before this announcement).
I am also a little concerned as to whether 8 weeks is enough for those without Fibrosis. I certainly have some Fibrosis but not much. There has to be some way of calculating who gets 8 weeks and who gets 12 I guess. And they better not try and make me take Riba or I’ll rage at them

All that said I’ve made the decision to wait and see. Very grateful indeed to James Freeman for making the refund a possibility for those of us who just ordered. Thanks for being such an honourable and courageous man.
It’s going to be a much merrier Christmas in my household.

It’s very hard to trust these bastards thats for sure, but I don’t see how they can back out of this deal now.

And as a special bonus they get to whip up some public resentment against drug addicts…woo hoo!
Bet that caused some merriment in the halls of power.

How can they possibly treat everyone who wants to be treated straight away?
It just doesn’t make sense.
It’s great news but still I am very dubious about just how universal it will be.

I was quite shocked to hear it too. Doesn’t taking Interferon make it harder for the new drugs to work? They were telling her they’d switch her on the new ones as soon as they were on the PBS, but thats a very weird treatment plan surely. Maybe they feel like they have to treat and thats the only option. Major Brisbane hospital btw.

Thanks for that link GAJ (and Doc Freeman). Exactly what I needed to know. I’ll give up all my herbs for the duration just in case. Bit sad about the grapefruits though because my tree will have hundreds of them by then.

I’m not a broad spectrum luddite really…I do love my computer, though I’m not sure it’s good for me.

Honestly taking these DAA’s is for me a very rare foray into the world of prescription drugs. Generally speaking, me and pharma are not friends and not about to become so. On the good side I don’t have serious health issues. The herbs have kept my liver function pretty good so I’m not expecting major sides. I’d much rather deal with it with herbs if possible.