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Author Topic: Harvoni Week 4  (Read 6670 times)

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Offline elcidms

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Harvoni Week 4
« on: March 07, 2015, 05:59:25 pm »
Started my 4th week of Harvoni yesterday and so far my labs are normal.  Waiting for viral load report.  I  had Hep C since 1980 (nonA nonB following emergency surgery) and have endured 48 weeks on interferon and ribovirin and another 48 weeks on peg and ribovirin.  Side effects on Harvoni have been minimal so far...mostly headaches.  Previous treatment side effects were brutal.

This is my first post.  I've read through some of the posts and can appreciate the struggle y'all have gone through.  Good luck on your road to recovery!!

Gen 1a and stage 2 liver disease.

Offline MEG

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Re: Harvoni Week 4
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2015, 10:30:29 pm »
Welcome elcidmus,

I discovered this forum fairly recently and the people here are wonderful.

It sounds like Harvoni is a walk at the beach for you by comparison to the interferon/riba....

I wish for you continued healing and UNDetecable blood results...forever.
Geno 1a. IL28B+ with TT polymorphism.
Diagnosed 1993.
Liver Biopsy 1993 --inflammation.
Fibroscan 2014---no fibrosis.
ALT range---60s
AST range---80s.
Platelets: 200K range.
Viral load--2 million range.

Began Harvoni on January 23.
Finished 12 week course on April 19.

May 18---4 week EOT labs:
VL: UNDETECTED.
AST: 23
ALT: 22...........These have not been this low throughout treatment and since my 20s.

12 weeks EOT on July 15---Undetected.

Offline Ruthie

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Re: Harvoni Week 4
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2015, 04:55:29 am »
Welcome to the forum! I'm glad you're having minimal sides. I've heard horror stories about interferon.

Are you drinking tons of water? I didn't know about the increased water intake until I read it here. Many people seem to have problems with the headaches and waster helps them a lot. I know if I don't drink enough, I'll have a headache.

Offline elcidms

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Re: Harvoni Week 4
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2015, 10:54:59 am »
Meg and Ruthie, thanks for the well wishes.  The peg interferon/ribaviron side effects were tough...flu symptoms, anemia, weight loss, fatigue, depression, insomnia, and skin sensitivity.  The headaches are a cakewalk.  I need to increase my water intake which has always been tough. 

I just logged into my healthcare account and the greatest news is that Harvoni is working...Viral Load HCV RNA PCR indicates the virus is undetectable.  During previous treatments the virus was undetectable, but returned shortly after treatment was completed.  My prayer is that this time will be different.

 


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