Hello Kansuke, your test results are quite encouraging, your liver fibrosis is low and Genotype 2 is one of the easiest genotypes to treat. Regarding the needed prescription, of course you know that the decision tool is just for general guidance and that the doctor is the one who will ultimately decide which medication is right for you. However, in terms of generic medications, if you take a look at the international treatment guidelines https://fixhepc.com/genotype-specific-hepc-treaments.html they indicate that treatment naive Genotype 2 patients with low fibrosis (such as yourself) should be treated for 12 weeks without Ribavirin with either one of the following medications (both of them are extremely effective with about 95% cure rates) :

1. Sofosbuvir 400 mg + Daclatasvir 60 mg (Sovaldi® + Daklinza®), which is REDEMPTION-2 on the FixHepC website https://fixhepc.com/redemption-etrials

2. Sofosbuvir 400 mg / Velpatasvir 100 mg (Epclusa®), which is REDEMPTION-4 on the FixHepC website https://fixhepc.com/redemption-etrials

Best of luck to you.

Great work Hazel, very very nice

Hello Maga, welcome to the forum, and congratulations on starting your 84,000 USD treatment . Looking forward to your 4 weeks test result, there is a very good chance you will be undetected by then, most patients on DAA treatment are, best of luck.

Congratulations Songbird, that’s fantastic news

Hello wrightjw198034, welcome to the forum, and congratulations on starting treatment . Don’t stress out, even though Genotype 3 is the most difficult of all genotypes, it’s still easy to treat for treatment naive patients with the new DAA medications, such as Epclusa. So if the generic Epclusa you’re taking is of good quality, your cure chances are really excellent with the standard 12 weeks course, about 90% (95% for the other genotypes).

Also, if you’re undetected at 4 weeks, it does not mean that you will be cured after the end of treatment with total certainty. Cure can be declared with 99% certainty when a patient has an undetectable test 12 weeks after end of treatment. The certainty increases to 99.9% when the test yields an undetectable result 24 weeks after end of treatment, this is the golden standard for declaring a patient cured.

On a side note, if you’re undetected at any time after start of treatment, there is no need to waste time and money by taking the test again until you finish treatment, because once you’re undetected during treatment, you will stay undetected until you finish it.

Welcome to the forum Bobraas . It has never been easier to get rid of Hep C as it is right now. With cure rates north of 90% with the new medications, and the availability of high quality generics (if insurance denies treatment), you made a great decision. As Hazel said, life for patients divides sharply into “before” and “after” because of how much better they feel after being cured, best of luck to you.

Outstanding humanitarian work Dr James, many lives will greatly improve because of that box of medicines you donated. Hopefully all Hep C patients’ lives in Mauritius will improve with your assistance

Hello Michael, and welcome to the forum. Sorry about your mom’s condition. I know that FixHepC will try to help patients secure authentic affordable medications for all diseases, not just Hep C. Baclofen seems easily available in India where they source their drugs, so email Jan (help@fixhepc.com) and I think she can help.