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Offline valcon

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sides on Sovaldi and Riba
« on: November 03, 2015, 07:35:34 pm »
Hey gang, 55 year old male on sovaldi and Riba for geno type 2, fibro score 3/4, im 3 weeks in now and feeling.really tired with a little morning headache, I was wondering if this gets better or worse
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55 year old male
HCV geno type 2
Savoldi/Riba 1200 mgs
Treatment naive
Fibrosis 3/4

Offline BillT

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Re: sides on Sovaldi and Riba
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2015, 09:33:42 pm »
Hi Valcon and welcome,
                                 If you're in week 3 it sounds like you're doing well.Everyone gets tired and they are saying drink a lot of water for the headaches.It's hard to say if it gets worse because there seems to be no rhyme or reason to the side effects.There are a lot of ways to deal with them so ask and someone will help if they can.GL Cheers
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Contracted 1973 Military
Diagnosed 1980
Pegintron treatment 2004 unsucessful
Genotype 1b
FibroScan 10 (F2)
Start Viekira 10.17.2015

AST 40 ALT 69
VL 440k
10.31.2015/Week 2 Labs : AST 14/ALT 17
No VL done
10.14.2015/Week 4 labs : AST 14/ALT 14
VL UNDETECTED!!!
12.11.2015/Week 8 Labs : AST 12/ALT 13
No VL done
01.05.2016/EOT labs : AST 15/ALT 13
VL UNDETECTED!!!

12 WEEK SRV:UN-BLOODY DETECTABLE !!!!!!!!

24 WEEK SVR:UNDETECTABLE!!!! Thank You God.

Fibroscan 6Mo. Post Treatment 7.15.2016-5.3(F1)

Offline JAF

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Re: sides on Sovaldi and Riba
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2015, 06:57:58 am »
Hi Valcon.  Looks like we're at the same milestone. Today is the end of week 3 for me. Bill should only be a day or two behind me. Morning headaches have been the norm for me but after my coffee, something small to eat and some water, I'm usually fine.  I take the Sovaldi and ribavirin first thing in the morning around 6am and the 2nd dose of riba by 3:30pm. So far I haven't had any sleep issues. The exhaustion is part of the treatment. When you feel tired, rest. If you push yourself you will feel it later that day or the next. I have labs next week and besides hoping for an good numbers and an undetectable VL, I'm also concerned about anemia. But like Bill mentioned, everyone reacts to the meds differently. It seems you're doing fine so far. There's a lot of info on this forum if you need it. Good luck.
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Female; 56; New York
Infected: mid 70's
Diagnosed: 2000
Treatment naive
Began Sovaldi + riba (1200 mgs) on 10/15/15
GT 2b
PRE-TREATMENT:
VL: 2,412,570
AST: 50
ALT:  52
Fibrospect index: 42

4 wk labs done 11-14. Waiting for results

Offline valcon

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Re: sides on Sovaldi and Riba
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2015, 07:42:22 am »
Thanks guys for your support and/or encouragement, all though I don't wish this condition on anybody, it is nice to know I have people to talk to. I finish my fourth week tomorrow morning and notice an improvement in the way I feel as far as headaches and being focused,  I wake up feeling good with a lot of energy, but I get tired early in the day, really tired by late in the afternoon, I go to the Doctor's this coming Wed., praying for a for a good report. cheers
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55 year old male
HCV geno type 2
Savoldi/Riba 1200 mgs
Treatment naive
Fibrosis 3/4

Offline BillT

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Re: sides on Sovaldi and Riba
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2015, 08:07:17 am »
Just keep thinking about how much better it gets after you cross the finish line Valcon.I think we all get tired like that.I personally haven't bursts of energy like I'm getting in a long time.I can't wait to be off the meds to see what happens.I'm sure the news the doctor gives you will be everything you're hoping for.I go next Friday and I'm chomping at the bit to see what they say.Cheers
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Contracted 1973 Military
Diagnosed 1980
Pegintron treatment 2004 unsucessful
Genotype 1b
FibroScan 10 (F2)
Start Viekira 10.17.2015

AST 40 ALT 69
VL 440k
10.31.2015/Week 2 Labs : AST 14/ALT 17
No VL done
10.14.2015/Week 4 labs : AST 14/ALT 14
VL UNDETECTED!!!
12.11.2015/Week 8 Labs : AST 12/ALT 13
No VL done
01.05.2016/EOT labs : AST 15/ALT 13
VL UNDETECTED!!!

12 WEEK SRV:UN-BLOODY DETECTABLE !!!!!!!!

24 WEEK SVR:UNDETECTABLE!!!! Thank You God.

Fibroscan 6Mo. Post Treatment 7.15.2016-5.3(F1)

Offline TexasC+

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Re: sides on Sovaldi and Riba
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2015, 01:53:18 pm »
Week 23 of 24. Riba and sovaldi. I am on 1200 mg of riba. 600 mg 2 x a day. I have not had to dose decrease.
Side effects are different for all but with a positive attitude and staying busy I have made it to the finish line. My last pills are next sunday.
I have been blessed to be able to work a very demanding job the whole time and will do my first post lab Monday the 16Th. Hoping to stay VND .
The best part of this, is there is a cure. We can have hope and avoid the negative effects of Hep C. My hep c is Genotype 3. Geno 3 is one that does not stay silent or symptomless as some other types of hep c does. I am thankful for the treatment and for not having to put my family through liver failure and liver cancer as this geno can and does progress to this.
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Genotype 3a
diagnosis date 4/29/15
treatment naive
viral load 6 million
unknown date of infection
Sovaldi and ribaviron  24 weeks started 6/1/15
End of treatment date 11/15/2015 VND last 2 labs
3 month follow up 2/22/16 NEGATIVE !! NOT DETECTED

Offline KimInTheForest

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Re: sides on Sovaldi and Riba
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2015, 02:36:27 pm »
Congrats Mary on being so close to the finish line - and a 24-weeker! Well done. :)

kim
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Kim Goldberg (Nanaimo, BC)
1970s: Contracted HCV (genotype 3a)
2015: Cured with Harvoni + ribavirin (12 weeks)
MY STORY: https://pigsquash.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/undetectable-my-hep-c-story/

Offline chuck3a

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  • I'm Neo, his guardian angel now
Re: sides on Sovaldi and Riba
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2015, 01:41:03 am »
Hi Valcon,
Have your doc. look at your HGB, mine was low due to the Riba. It made me very anemic, so I was feeling more tired than normal kinda like you wrote. I have to have EPO injections to counter the Riba and bring my HGB back up. I was on 5 riba's a day, but my doc had me drop down to 4 now.
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diagnosed 2008 hep c 3a
viral load of 1656491 08/2015
treatment 2/2009 - 7/2009 pegasys and ribapak  failed
treatment starting: 09//16/2015 for 24 wks daklinza, sovaldi, and ribavirin
4/30/2013 alt - 133  ast - 143
7/24/2015 alt - 65    ast - 73   vl - 1656491
9/29/2015 alt - 21    ast - 24
10/14/2015 alt - 22   ast - 26   vl - not det.
11/11/2015 alt - 15   ast - 22
12-15-2015 alt - 14   ast - 21  vl - not det.
2-2-17 1 year 1 month hep c free
1-26-2016   alt - 11   ast - 19 vl - not det.

Offline valcon

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Re: sides on Sovaldi and Riba
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2015, 08:22:22 am »
Thanks Chuck 3a, at my first check up they did check my hgb it had dropped some but not enough to worry about after two weeks into my treatment my headachs are almost gone feeling a little tired in the late afternoon, im am six weeks into treatment now and as far as sides the good is out weighting the bad, I feel like I'm having no sides from the virus, just sides from the medicine,
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55 year old male
HCV geno type 2
Savoldi/Riba 1200 mgs
Treatment naive
Fibrosis 3/4

Offline Rubi

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Re: sides on Sovaldi and Riba
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2015, 04:22:36 pm »
Wow Texas. So glad you have made it without any major symptoms. I'm so happy for you.

For me I cannot work. Maybe the first couple of weeks, but no more. When it hits I'd better be where I can lay down or I'm going down. Good moments only last around thirty to forty minutes. And I may or may not get a good moment in a given day. I do agree that staying busy and having a good attitude helps. Even when I'm down I keep laundry or paper work handy. As soon as I can hold my head up I try to get some work in.

I have 30 days left and am looking forward to seeing 'undetected' on my reports.
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F 59
GT 2
Started treatment 9-28-15
Solvaldi/Ribavirin for 12 weeks
ALT/AST was 74/48; now 17/17
VL 5.6 million down to 42
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