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Author Topic: started Harvoni 10 days ago and have gastro pain & burning  (Read 6567 times)

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Offline gidget

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started Harvoni 10 days ago and have gastro pain & burning
« on: September 18, 2015, 08:21:36 pm »
Hi everyone,
I'm replying to hopefully reach someone who is farther along in treatment than I.  I am on day 10 (out of 12 wk treatment) with Harvoni only.  So far, mild nausea and a little insomnia, but nothing earth shaking there.  The one other issue  now presenting is abdominal pain.  It starts as a firey feeling under lower right rib, radiates around to my lower right back or radiates to my intestinal areas.  Saw my doctor yesterday and he wants to monitor this pain and perhaps check my pancreatic levels and/or sonogram for pancreatic issues.  Great :(  Anyone else had daily stomach pains.  no vomiting, though.
-gidget

Offline Bree

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Re: started Harvoni 10 days ago and have gastro pain & burning
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2015, 08:49:14 pm »
Hi Gidget - not sure this is the same as what you are experiencing.  In the beginning I had some upset stomach issues (mild) and stabbing pains in lower liver (lower right rib).  It started day 1. I imagined it was the attacking the virus.  I think my liver was like what the heck is going on. It totally went away.  I do have some "liver awareness" if that makes sense.  I'm nearing the end of treatment (10 days to go) and doing very well.  Worth the journey.
Dx 1997 Geno 1a
2002-2003 PEG Intron/riba (48 wks) respond/relapsed
Pre-Harvoni - Viral Load: 13.5 M - Log 7.1
Fibrosure Score F1-2  Pre-Treatment:  AST 73 / ALT 88

7/6/15 Started Harvoni (12 weeks)
10/5/15 HCV NOT DETECTED (One week post EOT)
11/9/15 NOT DETECTED!!! (6 wk post)
12/21/15 NOT DETECTED (12 wk post) 
3/14/16  NOT DETECTED (24 week post)AST 26 ALT 18
SVR ACHIEVED!!! 
CURED YES!!!

Offline gidget

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Re: started Harvoni 10 days ago and have gastro pain & burning
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2015, 10:49:49 am »
Thanks for replying Bree!  That's how the pain started...stabbing pain , lower right rib, but then it did morph into severe burning???  Hopefully it  is not a pancreatic issue.  Time will tell I suppose.  Now the headaches are my new friend I wake up with.  Another puzzling thing:  How come everyone gets the same dosage of Harvoni daily?  IOW, I weigh 102 pounds and someone weighing 200 pounds takes the same as I.  That seems weird to me.
-Gidget

Offline byebyeC

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Re: started Harvoni 10 days ago and have gastro pain & burning
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2015, 11:16:27 am »
Hey Gidget,

Did you report this to your doc yet? Gilled is reporting 2.6% of patients develop pancreatitis (looks like you knew this:) Just make sure you're covering your bases   ::)
GT 1a
VL BOT 7 M
Diagnosed 1980
Treatment naive
12 wk Viekira Pak Riba Started 9/7/15
Alaska 
Pre-treatment labs were ast 42 alt 33 vl 7,162,(eyes are light yellow now)
*Latest alt 19 ast 23! Yay! VL <15 detected

Offline gidget

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Re: started Harvoni 10 days ago and have gastro pain & burning
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2015, 11:29:53 am »
Hmmmm...No I didn't know about the pancreatitis stats.  My doc just said It could be my pancreas.  That's all.  Hopefully it is just a passing thing and does not do permanent damage.  I will stay on it.  Thanks sooooooo much!
-gidget

 


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