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I'm afraid to start treatment cause of my other meds.  I take digoxin,metoprolol, linsinopril and warfarin.  Has anyone else taken any of these meds while on Harvoni? Doctors said I'll be fine but still scared

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Offline Rkwilcox2016

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Scared to start treatment
« on: May 26, 2016, 06:26:36 pm »
No damage. VL a little over a million  platelets are around 77 I'm also a heart patient had open heart surgery when I was around 5 and got hep c from a transfusion and have had it over 30 years
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Offline Lynn K

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Re: Scared to start treatment
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2016, 08:23:07 pm »
Best to ask your doctor these questions your situation seems to be very specific to you. If your doctor says you will be fine I would tend to believe them. Was this your heart doctor saying this?

I had hep c for 37 years after30 years of infection I was diagnosed with cirrhosis. I do know of people who have had liver transplants who have treated hep c with harvoni while taking lots of anti-rejection drugs.

Here is a link to the Harvoni prescribing information sheet which lists known drug interactions. I know there is a concern for patients taking amiodarone related to symptomatic bradycardia. But I do not see your medications listed.
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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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