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Author Topic: Serious Question  (Read 6192 times)

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Offline hlpplz

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Serious Question
« on: July 03, 2016, 07:34:57 pm »
Think I was played for drugs. My supposed fiance had hep C. Was in jail I was paying for the regular treatment.

She then tried to kill herself, went to mental hospital. Claimed they had a 1 time shot to get rid of it. Shot #1 didnt kill it so paid for second shot.

From my reading no drug exists am I correct?

Offline KimInTheForest

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Re: Serious Question
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2016, 08:53:53 pm »
Think I was played for drugs. My supposed fiance had hep C. Was in jail I was paying for the regular treatment.

She then tried to kill herself, went to mental hospital. Claimed they had a 1 time shot to get rid of it. Shot #1 didnt kill it so paid for second shot.

From my reading no drug exists am I correct?

Hi hlpplz. There is no one-time shot that will cure Hepatitis C. There are however pill treatments that will cure Hep C, and are curing it in of thousands of people. It is usually a 12-week course of daily pills for most people with Hep C.

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 Wiglaf

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Re: Serious Question
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2016, 09:38:08 pm »
There are shots to prevent Hep A and Hep B. I received these vaccines three months prior to Hep C treatment. Both vaccinations require two injections spaced six months apart.

Wiglaf
« Last Edit: July 03, 2016, 09:42:25 pm by Wiglaf »
Contracted: 1969
Treatment: Naïve
Geno 1A
VL: 15,900,000
ALT 38, AST 37
Belirubin 1.3
TX start date: Mar 2, 2015
Harvoni and Ribavirin (1200 mg)
EOT (24 weeks) 5/25/15 undetected
6 mths post TX: undetected 11/24/15
ALT 10, AST 17
Belirubin 0.8

Offline Mike

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Re: Serious Question
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2016, 11:04:48 am »
Hep-c use to be treated with Interferon, which was injected. However, this required  daily and/or weekly shots over a 48 week period. The side effects were horrendous.

Interferon-based treatments are rarely, if ever used anymore. They are not, and never were, one shot treatments.

Those were the old days and now, Hep-c is treated with a single or combination of pills taken on a daily basis. 

Best wishes, Mike
Genotype 1a
Treated 2001 with PEG and RIBV
Treated in 2014 SOL+PEG+RIBV
Cured July 2014

 


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