Hello Tig,

Hope the New year Week is going good for all...!!!

I agree as rules are for all. I am fine with the edited details...!!!

My details are mailed to Greg Jefferys also. So you can take from him or if patients need my details admins can contact me on behalf of them...!!!

Hello Nirav,

Welcome to the forum and thank you for the hard work you're doing on behalf of those affected by HCV. It is still problematic for many to obtain these medications and I commend you for working to make the generics obtainable at a fair price.

We have an established rule that we allow no advertising or sales promotion here on the forum, so some of your contact information has to be edited. If we allow one exception, it implies endorsement and we can't do that. We will however, leave your membership active and invite anyone interested, to contact you via the forum Private Message function.

Thank you for your understanding and best of luck in your endeavors.

Tig56

Forum Moderator/Admin Team

Hi,

I am Nirav from Mumbai, India.

I am following the Cancer, HepC and HIV patients forums and Facebook Pages from a long time.

I have noticed many people are suffering due to the high cost of medicines charged by the Big Pharma Companies.

Generic medicines are of same effect as branded. which costs you less.

Many countries have costly medicines for various disease. Generic of same are available in India at a very low cost.

 All medicines at a very low cost and same effectiveness.

Like to Join the  below link and comment or post if you want any medicine.
Any enquiries are welcome.

I would request not to buy from me before you have trust or gain trust on me. I am here to help patients and also i would not deny that the sales would help me earn for my family. But for earning i wont be greedy to charge the patients more.

Admins i wont post more sales posts here any inquires would be welcomed. 

Merry Christmas friends...!!!!!

Thanks for posting your information. If you would like one of the moderators to add your lab tests with your signature information, just say the word and we can fix that up for you. It takes a bit of time to get all of the settings figured out. If you have any questions at all, just ask and one of the group will be glad to help. I'm glad you're here too!! Lot's of great friends here!

Thank you for the responses. I had put the meds in my signature line but it is small to read. Gilead provided Sovaldi (400 mg daily) and Abbvie the ribavirin (600 mg twice daily) My genotype is 3-A. I'm looking at some results that were provided by my primary doctor from June 2014:

It reads: Hep C Virus RNA Quant - 762142  ALT- 62 and AST- 69

I phoned my gastro doc to find out the viral load and they will have him call me back. I guess I still have a lot to learn because I feel in the dark about many things. I appreciate everyone's help and you guys are great!

Hi Theresa.

 Welcome to the forum. Congrats on getting your treatment after all the red tape crap. I did 24 weeks Sovaldi / Ribavirin last year. I had a history of taking depression medicine, including Zoloft and others, but had discontinued using them for over 2 years. But I resumed taking Zoloft @ ~11 weeks into treatment due to the increase of depression caused by ribavirin. After treatment was finished last January I discontinued the Zoloft and haven't taken any anti depressant medication since then. My main reason being that I'm really fussy about taking any medicine that my cirrhotic liver has to process unless it's absolutely necessary, but that's just me and I take some medicine such as toxic HIV meds that are hard on the liver but I have no choice. Most people, including my doctor, are not as fussy about this as I am.

That's my story and based on it I would certainly agree with using an anti-depressant if needed while taking Ribavirin. You and your doctor can discuss discontinuing the mirtazapine after treatment if you feel you no longer need it.

 You should find out from your doctor about what your viral load test results are as well as any other blood test along with the result from the biopsy they did to find your degree of "scar tissue" (fibrosis). Knowing this will give you peace of mind since after 10 weeks of Sov / Riba your viral load is now likely undetectable. And it will give you a base to see how well your liver recovers in the future as a result of treatment too.

Hey Theresa 

Welcome to the forum, you have found a good place with friends that can provide great insight into all things HCV. 

Now that you have reached the middle of your treatment things should be settling in. Dealing with the changes and handling them is an important hurdle that your have accomplished from here it's all about staying 100 % compliant with your protocol, then the 24 weeks will be worth it. SVR will be totally yours, so stay the course and keep the prize in your eyes view.

matt

Hi Theresa,

Welcome to the forum! Thanks for telling us a little about your background, it helps to understand your situation better. Unless I missed it, you didn't mention what treatment you actually started. Gilead or Abbvie? 

I was on the old treatment with Interferon and Ribavirin. They both caused terrible depression. The second time I treated, I insisted on an anti depressant. Interferon is well known for causing it and Ribavirin really messes with your moods. I had as much trouble with it as I did with the Interferon. I took Zoloft the first time and Wellbutrin the second go round. It makes all the difference in the world. Some can struggle through it, but my thought on that was why should I? Talk to your doctor about it. We're here to talk if that helps...

Feel free to share your genotype, viral load, blood tests, etc., it helps when replying. We set that info into our signature line, if you're interested.

http://hepcfriends.activeboard.com/t58862021/forum-abbreviations-link-and-help-with-creating-your-signatu/

Hi Theresa,

Welcome to the forum, I just joined the other day so I can't be much help other than to say hello and let you know the folks here are very helpful.

Congrats on getting on treatment, I'm glad things came together for you, the last thing any one of us needs is a bunch of stress.

I'm waiting on approval, hope to get on Sovaldi/ Riba 12week soon.

Best of luck in all and Be Well,

Linux

Hello to all. I'm glad to find this group! When I was diagnosed last year, I ran into some difficulties with Michigan Medicaid refusing to cover the medications. I had appealed but was denied. Then I changed to another HMO with the same results. Some months later, I got a notice stating I was no longer eligible for Medicaid. I was ready to give up hope and didn't know how to handle the situation. 

This turned out to be a blessing in disguise. My gastro doctor had me fill out some papers to Gilead and Abbvie for the patient assistance programs. Within two weeks, I received a call from both companies telling me I was approved as an uninsured patient. It was like winning the lottery! Right now, I'm into my tenth week of treatment. My doctor feels there is a good chance to clear this with a 24 week regimen.

It was a bit rough in the beginning and my emotions were all over the place. I've suffered from depression in the past but nothing like this where I would just start crying for no good reason. I also had trouble sleeping and became an irritable mess. My primary doctor put me back on mirtazapine (half of 45 mg tablet) and my appetite is back and sleeping much better.  

My question is, does anyone have experience taking antidepressants while in treatment? I'm hoping this doesn't further mess with my liver. My gastro doctor did not tell me what my viral load was, only a vague some scar tissue and fat found from the biopsy.  

Thanks in advance for any responses,

Theresa