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Offline ronh2013

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medication
« on: January 18, 2016, 06:21:18 pm »
do you need to take it all and if not can you sell it
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Offline gnatcatcher

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Re: medication
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2016, 08:20:23 pm »
Yes, you need to take it all. Even if you get an "undetected" or "not detected" lab result during treatment, that's just measuring virus in your bloodstream. The medicine still needs to ferret out any virus that is in a nook or cranny.

No, you can't sell (or give away) medicine out of an opened bottle, and a lot of states don't even allow an individual to pass a sealed bottle on. Here's a link to more information provided by our RN moderator Lucinda Porter: http://blogs.hepmag.com/lucindakporter/2015/09/unused_hepatitis_drugs.html
« Last Edit: January 18, 2016, 08:33:10 pm by gnatcatcher »
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9/29/71 transfusions
HCV genotype 1a
7/09/15-9/30/15 Harvoni

Before treatment:
Viral Load 9,490,582
FibroScan 19.5 kPa [F4]
ALT 262
AST 217
ALP 183

Most recent:
VL still UNDETECTED (SVR 102)
FibroScan 7.6 kPa [F1-2]
ALT 15
AST 20
ALP 85

Offline malou

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Re: medication
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2016, 09:46:54 pm »
Take every bit of it.  It's like antibiotics, if you don't finish the course, you risk only killing off the weak viruses and the strong ones will live.  The treatment course is designed for the BEST outcomes!
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HCV 1996- Work Exposure ER nurse
GT 1a
Non-responder to Interferon in 1997
ALT 73 AST 21 F1-2
Applied to Insurance for Harvoni 12-15
Denied 12-3-15  Told I would never qualify for Harvoni because I was not 'ill'.
Started Twinvir (Bengladesh Harvoni) on 1/1/16

After 4 weeks ALT 23, AST 15, HCV-RNA UNDETECTED
After 8 weeks:AST 23, AST 11, HCV RNA UNDETECTED
6 weeks post treatment, undetected.

Offline Lynn K

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Re: medication
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2016, 09:50:53 pm »
If you do not take your Harvoni as prescribed you risk treatment not working and risk the possibility of future treatment not working because you have caused resistance to the medication by not completing your full course of treatment.

U.S. Federal law makes it illegal for any person who does not have a license to write prescriptions to sell or give a prescription drug to another person (21 U.S.C. ยง 841(a)).

You may be able to safely dispose of unused or expired medications by taking advantage of take-back programs in your area.

Try disposemymeds.org if at anytime you have unused medicines

http://www.disposemymeds.org/

As far as your Harvoni treatment unless you are having significant side effects and your doctor decides you need to discontinue your treatment, you need to complete your treatment as prescribed.


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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!

Offline mell

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Re: medication
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2016, 09:46:19 am »
Anyone who has Hep C and is lucky enough to get Harvoni in there possession should take each and every pill as directed and guard their Harvoni and thank God they
have it.
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Offline Coach Mike

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    • Affordable Hepatitis C Treatment
Re: medication
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2016, 12:56:32 pm »
You are right M,

There is a lot of luck involved in getting Harvoni.  Usually, a lot of work too. Luckily, the same is not true of sofosbuvir and ledipasivir-the active ingredients in Harvoni.  There are generics available for affordable prices now from many sources.  I was only prescribed 8 weeks of Harvoni because my viral load was below 6 million.  My doctor felt I would be more likely approved by insurance for 8 weeks in stead of 12.  I treated with 12 weeks, four of it generics.  If I relapse, I will simply pay $750 for 12 more weeks of sofosbuvir and daclatasvir.
Times have changed.
Mike
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Genotype 1a, Biopsy:11/2014: F-1, Tx Naive
Fibrosure, 7/20/15: F-1-2
Pre tx v/l: 1,600,000, ALT: 75, AST: 48
Started generic sofosbuvir & ledipasvir: 10/23/15
4 wk labs: 11/19/15, ALT: 21, AST: 16, V/L:  UND
Started 8 week Harvoni tx: 11/20/15
8 wk labs, 12/15/15, ALT: 15, AST: 13, V/L: UND
4/11/16 12 week EOT-Undetected
7/5/16 SVR 24

Offline FutureThinker

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Re: medication
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2016, 01:09:28 pm »
Mell -- Amen!! FT
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Treatment naive
Likely contracted mid-70s
Diagnosed 1a, 2011
F1-2
Harvoni X 12 weeks, completed 5/17/16
Pre-treatment: VL 3 mil, AST 64, ALT 84
4 week labs: VL 30, AST 21, ALT 14
8 week labs: VL UD!!!, AST 22, ALT 16
12 week labs: VL UD, AST 23, ALT 14
2 wk EOT: VL UD
12 wk EOT: VL UD, AST 22, ALT 13 =  SVR 12! Yay! 
Last hep appointment: VL UD, AST 19, ALT 12 = SVR 39! I AM DONE!

Offline Coach Mike

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Re: medication
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2016, 01:19:39 pm »
I almost rented a safe deposit box for mine.  I have a big gun safe, that is the only reason I didn't.  Scary....looking at that bottle and knowing the cheapest I could find was at CVS. $32,000.  That's just insane.
M
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Genotype 1a, Biopsy:11/2014: F-1, Tx Naive
Fibrosure, 7/20/15: F-1-2
Pre tx v/l: 1,600,000, ALT: 75, AST: 48
Started generic sofosbuvir & ledipasvir: 10/23/15
4 wk labs: 11/19/15, ALT: 21, AST: 16, V/L:  UND
Started 8 week Harvoni tx: 11/20/15
8 wk labs, 12/15/15, ALT: 15, AST: 13, V/L: UND
4/11/16 12 week EOT-Undetected
7/5/16 SVR 24
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