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Author Topic: Started Harvoni/Rib Nov2. Any relapsers out there on this treatment?  (Read 5876 times)

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Offline Jax-Charles

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Hey folks. New to this blog site..not new to HCV or treatment. Did PegIntron/Ribavirin in 2001 and was undetectable for a few weeks after treatment ended. It was a Mayo Clinic run study program so I received great attention and help with side effects. Unfortunately amenia was really bad and the 12 month plan ended after 10 mos, but I was undetectable when I stopped. Fatigue was the biggest problem, but my job had high demands and I had to work through it. Looking back I think my workload was a blessing because I had to stay focused and it kept me from focusing on feeling like crap. 

I tried to do Peg/Rib again in 2011 as part of 48 week program that was to include Bocepivir (I think). Only got thru about 4 weeks and dropped out of treatment because of severe depression. I've never had depression problems before so maybe I just did not know how to deal with it. A pharmacist friend said my depression was from interferon and not ribavirin, but reading some of the blogs on this site I'm not so sure.

Is there anyone else out there taking Harvoni/Ribavirin who previously went through Interferon/Ribavirin?  Just wondering how similar or different your side effects experience is now vs. before? 

Thank you all for your contributions to this site.  Nothing is better than first hand information from those who truly understand this dragon to be slayed.

 ???
Infected: 1987
Diagnosed: 1998, GT-1a
PegIntr+Riba 48wks, 2001 (SVR <6wks)
Cirrhosis, VL 6mil, AST47/ALT38 - 10/12/2015
Harvoni/Ribavirin 12wks - Start 11/2/15

Offline KimInTheForest

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Re: Started Harvoni/Rib Nov2. Any relapsers out there on this treatment?
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2016, 02:08:12 pm »
Hi Jax-Charles. How are you doing? Sorry I did not notice this post back in November. You must be through your 12 weeks of Havoni+Ribavirin now and waiting for your 12-weeks post-tx lab results, which I hope will be good news for you. If you are still checking this forum, please let us know how treatment went for you. I also did 12 weeks of Harvoni+riba last year, and it cured me after living with Hep C for 45 years. :)

best,
kim
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 Lynn K

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Re: Started Harvoni/Rib Nov2. Any relapsers out there on this treatment?
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2016, 08:32:37 pm »
Yeah sorry I missed this post also

I was a 3 time null responder 1st time (about 1995) was mono therapy with 3 shots of interferon Alpha a week. Second time Interferon and ribavirin 6 months. Third time was Interferon ribavirin and a trial medicine.

I treated for 24 weeks with Harvoni and we added ribavirin later so 15 weeks of ribavirin were part of that 24 weeks.

I was diagnosed with cirrhosis in Jan 2008.

Anyway long short I just got my 44 weeks post treatment results and am still not detected

Good luck to you!
Genotype 1a
1978 contracted, 1990 Dx
1995 Intron A failed
2001 Interferon Riba null response
2003 Pegintron Riba trial med null response
2008 F4 Cirrhosis Bx
2014 12 week Sov/Oly relapse
10/14 fibroscan 27 PLT 96
2014 24 weeks Harvoni 15 weeks Riba
5/4/15 EOT not detected, ALT 21, AST 20
4 week post not detected, ALT 26, AST 28
12 week post NOT DETECTED (07/27/15)
ALT 29, AST 27 PLT 92
24 week post NOT DETECTED! (10/19/15)
44 weeks (3/11/16)  fibroscan 33, PLT 111, HCV NOT DETECTED!
I AM FREE!

 


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