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Author Topic: S/O side effects  (Read 8504 times)

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Offline hopefulAries

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S/O side effects
« on: September 25, 2014, 09:09:48 pm »
I have been breaking out with little small blisters on the palm and back of my hands. Is that the rash that they warn are the side effects?
 I have 1 more week of treatment. I was undetectable 2 weeks into treatment. Praying I stay that way.

Offline lporterrn

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Re: S/O side effects
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2014, 06:37:30 pm »
Probably - it should go away in a few weeks since you are nearly done, but it may need a little help with hydrocortisone. Congrats on making it through treatment.
Lucinda Porter, RN
1988 Contracted HCV
1997 Interferon nonresponder
2003 PEG + ribavirin responder-relapser
2013 Cured (Harvoni + ribavirin clinical trial)
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Offline willie g

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Re: S/O side effects
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2014, 11:27:54 pm »
GREAT JOB HOPEFUL, THATS WIERD CAUSE IM NOW DOWN TO 7 days and just today my hands started itching again and i ha e a few blister bumps on my back, tingling too but i enjoy that,kinda like a tens unit lol. Hangin around but soon Beep Beep, get your motor runin, RUNIN DOWN THE HIGHWAY,,,BOORRN TO BE WIIILD. "Just " Willie g

Offline sunrise

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Re: S/O side effects
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2014, 04:37:05 pm »
Hi everyone. I took my 1st dose of S/O Monday at 6pm. Today Wednesday i have a pain on my right rear side. Alittle concerned. Kind of a pulling feeling any thoughts ?

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Re: S/O side effects
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2014, 04:48:21 pm »
Probably unrelated, and something like a strained muscle. I encourage people to have an open mind about assuming something is related to the meds, because although it makes sense to connect them, it isn't necessarily a good idea.

My story about side effects: I've been working in the hep C field since 1997. In 2003, I started my 2nd hep C treatment, using ribavirin for the first time. I got a bad rash on my hands, and because I was a hot shot Stanford nurse with gobs of experience working with hep C patients, I assumed it was from the ribavirin. I complained about the riba-rash for a week. Finally a colleague saw the rash and pointed out that I had poison oak. I had been hiking the day after I started treatment, and cleaned burs off my dog, thus the poison oak exposure.

Lesson #1 - Other medical problems occur during hep C treatment, and they may be unrelated
Lesson #2 - I am not a hot shot nurse, especially when I think I am.
Lucinda Porter, RN
1988 Contracted HCV
1997 Interferon nonresponder
2003 PEG + ribavirin responder-relapser
2013 Cured (Harvoni + ribavirin clinical trial)
https://www.hepmag.com/blogger/lucindakporter

Offline sunrise

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Re: S/O side effects
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2014, 04:57:35 pm »
Thanks Lucinda
               Hope tbis note finds you well. Again you are calming my fears. Yeah I was at work and it started but passed. Maybe I waz getting too excited :-D we were talking  about the crazy stuff going on, which I know I shouldn't do. Beheadings isnt a good subject yikez! Gonna really focus on the positive! Stay well

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Re: S/O side effects
« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2014, 05:03:19 pm »
I'm with you on that one! How about requesting a "beheading news-free zone"? I didn't watch any news or go to "downer" movies during my treatment. Now that I am hep C free, I continue this practice on weekends. It's great!
Lucinda Porter, RN
1988 Contracted HCV
1997 Interferon nonresponder
2003 PEG + ribavirin responder-relapser
2013 Cured (Harvoni + ribavirin clinical trial)
https://www.hepmag.com/blogger/lucindakporter

Offline sunrise

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Re: S/O side effects
« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2014, 05:17:10 pm »
 ::) sounds like the plan! I am resting and will just watch the light shows and the feel good shows. Looks like the hallmark channel is in order.  Thanks Lucinda... talk with you soon probably:-)

 


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