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Happy new year to you as well Life
Thanks for dropping by, and I’m glad you feel better after remembering that wonderful day when you learned you were cured. Cure is like the gift that keeps on giving, I wish all patients get there.
I’m happy to say that Jessica’s medication package was released by customs soon after the Christmas/New Year holidays and was delivered to her
Sounds very good SHarmon, all results are moving in the right direction, and hopefully the HCV blood test will confirm that Harvoni did its job and that you no longer have the virus. Looking forward to the good news
Hello Aaron, and welcome to the forum. Things do look very good , and the cure rate with Epclusa for genotype 2 patients is indeed a near perfect. Looking forward to your cure announcement in 2 months or so
Thank you and a very happy new year to you Coral
Thanks for the caring support you, and all the other wonderful members, always provide to any patient who needs it.
Hello OregonDaisy, FixHepC can supply Daclatasvir medication, and a prescription is needed to be able to supply it to you. All details will be sent to you by email
Hello Daisy, welcome to the forum
. There is no need to worry about the side effects, unlike the old Interferon / Ribavirin treatment, side effects with the new DAA medications are generally very mild. Many patients do not experience them at all, the most important tip to minimize them is to drink plenty of water throughout treatment. There is reasonable coverage of what to expect in terms of side effects here: http://fixhepc.com/treatment-side-effects.html
For most people, it goes like this. For the first few days, you feel something is happening. It’s a bit like the feeling you get before you get influenza – you know, that I’m not quite right, but can’t put my finger on it.
At this stage, some people (1 in 5) will have a headache and feel a bit unwell (aching joints).
Then it just goes away. This corresponds to the drugs wiping out most of the virus.
Then most people feel better than they have for years.
About 1 in 5 people have problems sleeping, which does make people tired.
Other than that, it’s pretty much like taking any other antibiotic. Some people get an upset stomach, the occasional person gets an itchy rash.
All up, it’s generally smooth sailing, with little in the way of noticeable side effects other than feeling better.Finally, the ‘During Treatment’ section of the FAQs page has some very good tips to follow as well https://fixhepc.com/frequently-asked-questions.html
Best of luck to you, and looking forward to hearing great news from you in the future. Happy holidays.
Thank you Hazel for your very kind words, Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year to you. Congratulations on getting your law degree, that’s really awesome. You already kicked butt by playing a part in New Zealand’s decision to offer free Hep C treatment to the rest of its citizens. Now that you’re officially a lawyer, look out world
Congratulations Kaju !!! You can finally relax for sure now as rightsaidfred said, be happy, no more Hep C
Merry Christmas Splitdog, and to Dr James, and to all the good people in the forum. May the new year bring lots of success in the fight against Hep C
Hello Chris, and welcome to the forum. Like Hazel said, I’ve never heard that getting the actual flu during DAAs treatment can affect your cure chances, but I’m not a doctor as well, so hopefully you will get confirmation from Dr James here soon. If it turns out to be actual flu and not ‘flu like” sumptoms (which are very common with DAAs treatment), please make sure not to take any medication that may interact with Epclusa. Here is an excellent page where you can easily check any such interaction https://www.hep-druginteractions.org/checker Hang in there, it will all be so worth it soon
