Well, I also had those sensations and the questions about my success. The sensations in the liver area came back occasionally (dull and mild compared to before) for a few weeks, disappeared, came back even milder, disappeared. But the sensations in the area right below my rib cage, (at about 2:30 if your stomach is 12:00), still comes back occasionally …. it’s there right now. It’s basically right below the scar where they took out my gall bladder. (The three point technique, whatever it’s called.)

I’m past 38 weeks after EOT, had tests at 12 and 24, and also had full blood workup at 24, as well as a new ultrasound. I’m fine.

I have to wonder …. could these sensations be the body destroying scar tissue and regrowing nice new liver cells?

Haven’t been on so much lately, but I also want to congratulate everybody on their success.

And I’ve got one more to report …
For those who have been around long enough to remember Price’s newspaper story about VA meds access and our friend Zion, I had a short chat with him on FB about three weeks ago.

He’s SVR 24 also.

Yes Mike, in some ways it seems like yesterday, and in other ways it seems like forever ago.

For me it’s been:
~ 3 1/2 years since I got shocked by the diagnosis
~ 27 months since I argued online with (who I assume to be) a Gilead exec over pricing strategy and IP rights
~ 17 months since I found Greg’s blog (shortly before he left for India)
~ 13 1/2 months since I finally got the blood draw to determine genotype
~ 56 weeks since I joined the forum
~ 55 weeks since I jumped on the plane to Bangkok to get my fibroscan and ultrasound
~ 53 WEEKS SINCE I WALKED INTO DR. FREEMAN’S OFFICE UNANNOUNCED … “Here I am”
~ 50 weeks since I finally got my hands on the meds
~ 44 weeks since I got my first UND results
~ 38 weeks since EOT

It’s been long enough to see the oilfield die and I quit my job there, went to Bulgaria for nearly a month and got dental work done (couldn’t manage to get a response from Slavi, but he was in the midst of a big national referendum drive), went back to Bangkok to see doctors about my peripheral neuropathy (nearly total waste of my time and money on that one).

Wow … what a year it’s been.
My bank account is about to zero now, but …

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Hi Neil, welcome to the forum. Yes, hundreds here, likely thousands of people have successfully used the Indian generics.

First these points … The meds from Mylan are the equivalent of the branded drugs. All of the Indian Sofosbuvir, Ledipasvir, and/or Daclatasvir producers are in fact having their medicines manufactured by either Hetero or Natco and they are all proving equally effective. The unlicensed drugs from the companies in Bangladesh are also being shown to be equal in effectiveness, and it is almost certain that the drugs coming from Morocco, Algeria and Pakistan are as well, although we don’t have the data on those last three yet. In a couple months the results from 1,000,000 people that have been treated in Egypt with mostly Egyptian generics will be presented and the preliminary data indicate that again they are the equivalent of the branded drugs.

So the question of quality, branded vs generic, should not be your concern.

The issue your doctor is worried about is your genotype and your treatment experience. G3 treatment experienced people are having a harder time reaching SVR (sustained virologic response.) Additionally, people with higher levels of fibrosis/cirrhosis have a harder time getting the medicine into the scarred areas of their livers, where the virus can hide and then reappear after treatment. In such cases, it is generally advised to either lengthen treatment, change drugs, or add more drugs … maybe ribivirin, maybe an NS3 inhibitor … or two/three of these options.

You haven’t told us your fibroscan score or viral load or any other blood test numbers, so it’s going to be difficult to tell you whether you would be best served to simply lengthen treatment or add more meds/different meds. But our doctor here, Dr. James Freeman, is one of the top world authorities on this issue, so if you put your further data here in this thread he can probably answer your questions.

And if it turns out you should be taking Epclusa, (Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir,) Beacon Pharmaceuticals in Bangladesh is already selling a generic form of this combination called Sofosvel. Beacon has provided meds for many, many people here and you can find their contact info in the top post of their thread in the Pharmas Market section of the forum … or click here:

http://fixhepc.com/forum/daa-access/439-beacon-pharmaceuticals-sof-dac-sof-dac-sof-vel-combo.html

Again, welcome to the forum.

Edit: It might also be helpful to know where you live on the planet.