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Looking Good Fitz!
Let me clarify my statement.
THC, whether smoked, vaped or ingested causes dry mouth, a lack of saliva. A lack of saliva causes gum recession. You never got cotton mouth smoking weed? Every minute you experience cotton mouth, that is damaging your gums. There are prescription drugs that cause a lack of saliva (Marinol is one) and have gum recession as a risk factor listed in their side effects. But you smoke all you want. I’m just saying. I wish it was not true, I love getting high. And I love brushing, flossing and use perio-brushes on my teeth.
I can confirm that name brand medications can be imported from Canada at a substantial savings via Canadian internet suppliers. Look at https://www.cipa.com/
Of course for HCV (Hep C) the big savings are to be had from this site.
Smoke, vape or edibles. Makes no difference. It will eventually lead to gum recession and tooth loss.
This from a former pot head (me). Just give it up!
22 September 2016 at 3:22 am in reply to: How Big Pharma Pressures States to Pay for Pricey Pills #23194It’s only activism that will make a difference in the suffering of HCV patients.
The western countries have the patent system that allows for a monopoly for many years. In the case of the USA, the government will not introduce any sort of price controls.
All of my Doctor’s were surprised to hear of the insurance denials. They were all interested to hear how I was able to cure myself.
Gilead CEO made $1 billion dollars last year. That is truly absurd.
Great news Matt! UND!!
17 September 2016 at 4:22 am in reply to: NHS funding cuts forcing people to buy medicine through Facebook #23047Ha ha, so I commented on this topic before (the thread was closed) The British Pharmaceutical association pushes the agenda of it’s members (Gilead, etc.) So I guess the fear mongering is to be expected. They want patients to get sick and wait, so they get their big salaries.
Bottom line is big pharma is a business out to maximize profits for big pharma, like any other business. The patient is left to either deal with the system, or take a chance and source their own medication.
There are bootleg versions of Twinvir, etc. being produced, so in one right these concerns are valid. But there are of course many venues to get the genuine generics (through REDEMPTION or Pharma’s market)
Patients need to be smart and deal with legitimate sources to cure themselves. I can give anyone interested a contact for genuine Twinvir (Harvoni generic) that cured me. Less than $1000 USD delivered to your door in USA and many other countries
My profit 0$ Your cure: Priceless
I’m here for the Karma.
Congratulations Dan! Cured!!
Congratulations Ariel! SVR 24, you’re cured!
Meg,
I can’t resist, sorry fitz, ha ha, it’s impossible to top the Leo champagne toast, lol!
Attachments:Congratulations Peach!
10 September 2016 at 4:16 am in reply to: Greedfighter’s Generic Epclusa or Harvoni to USA Journal #22874I found this online:
http://www.hepmag.com/blog/hepatitis-c-treatment-svr
More than 9 out of 10 people will be cured using the current treatments for chronic hepatitis C virus infection. It is thrilling to be told that hepatitis C is no longer detectable in your blood. However, as much as we yearn for those words, sometimes it takes a long time to believe that hepatitis C is gone forever.
The medical term for a successful hepatitis C treatment outcome is sustained viral response (SVR). Undetectable HCV for 24 or more weeks after the end of treatment is an SVR24. Recently, many studies use the term SVR12, meaning that hepatitis C is undetectable for twelve or more weeks after the end of treatment. For those of us had a hard time believing that being viral-free for 24 weeks meant we were cured, then 12 weeks felt unbelievable. Can we trust this?
For most of us, yes. In the January 2015 Hepatology, Eric Yoshida and colleagues reported that there wasn’t much difference between an SVR12 and SVR24 among hepatitis C patients who were treated with regimens using sofosbuvir. It didn’t matter if interferon was part of the regimen. Analyzing data from studies using sofosbuvir, researchers looked at response rates for genotypes 1 through 6. There were a total of 327 genotypes 1, 4, 5, 6 (mostly genotype 1); 294 genotype 2s; and 250 genotype 3s.
Results
Before presenting the results, there are a couple more terms that are important to understand:
•Relapse was defined as having a negative hepatitis C viral load (HCV RNA) at the end of treatment and subsequently having detectable HCV RNA above the LLOQ.
•In this case, LLOQ is lower limit of quantification, which is the lowest amount of virus that can be precisely counted.SVR24 was achieved in 777 of 779 patients (99.7%) with SVR12. This means that everyone but two people who achieved an SVR12 had an SVR24. Here’s the kicker: the two patients who didn’t achieve an SVR 24 both had genotype 3 (both non-cirrhotic, treatment-experienced). Therefore, if you discarded the data for genotype 3 patients and counted everyone else, 100% of those who had an SVR12 had an SVR24. Using viral sequencing, these cases were relapses and not reinfection.
I am going for SVR 24 test, but it looks like I am cured!
10 September 2016 at 3:43 am in reply to: HepCBC Weekly. Bull article on need for Redemption trials #22872Great job
9 September 2016 at 4:33 am in reply to: Spreading the news about HCV generic medication-place for ideas #22863This presenter missed the critical point.
The pharma companies are going to keep their patents in place in the first world countries. I applaud protests, appeals. etc. But I doubt that it will accomplish anything. The message that needs to be told is that in most countries, a 3 month supply of generic drugs can be imported “AT THE PATIENT’S EXPENSE”. That is what is being done here. Most HEP C patients will find $1500 for the cure if they know about it.
Congrats Sven on UND! That is first step to SVR Looking good there buddy.
Mike Galbrai is the man! Many of us here owe him big time. He helped me to get treated and cured!
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