depression treatment guidelines canada

I am trying to get something in writing to show that this decision does not follow within the accepted guidelines for treatment of his form of Hepititis. I believe the Dr. in Az. may have made this decision not realizing he did not have a 12 week blood sample. My son is 43 years old and in otherwise good health. He has not had any symptoms of Hep C nor has he had any side effects from the treatments.

Thats the old guidelines. Canada has the same guidelines as the US. 3 months post exposure to get a conclusive negative result.

The Lyme disease foundation is also calling for the Canadian medical community to create its own prescribing guidelines that would include long-term antibiotic treatment. Currently, doctors follow guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America, which strongly objects to continuing the drug therapy beyond 30 days, saying patients gain no benefit and may suffer potential harm.

There is a parallel here in the US, which is the sway held by the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), a voluntary group docs can belong to, who set up and publish diagnostic and treatment guidelines. It is supposed to be the gold standard and the best medicine, but in the world of microbes, nobody told the bugs what the rules are, so they often cheat and don't do what IDSA says they should.

I am not sure about your interpretations of HBV treatment guidelines. Guidelines do vary and change quite frequently. The trend is towards "treat in all cases with non-zero hbvdna" , but there are still conservative approaches. To interpret the guidelines correctly, you must know the phases of the HBV life cycle - Immune Tolerant, Immune Active, Immune Control, and Immune Escape.

It was most likely a combo test since that is the standard test given in Canada (I live in Canada) All blood tests in Canada are 4th gen and only rapid tests are 3rd gen. I confirmed this with an HIV clinic. Remote areas might not use the 4th gen but in Ontario I would definitely say it was a 4th gen. Your results are conclusive. 12 months is only if you are using antibody only testing. I highly suspect you had a duo/combo test.

Also, when a treatment gets approved in the States, it takes some time for it to be approved in Canada as we are behind the U.S.

Short of there being any food tolerance issues - you should probably follow food guidelines as laid out by the USDA in the USA or the Canada Food Guide (in Canada!) to ensure you eat a relatively well rounded and healthy diet. http:// fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?

Bull puckies!!! Though Canada has strict guidelines, there are ways for these pharmaceutical companies to sneak through. After my last drug, Cymbalta, which advertised reduction of chronic pain from depression, put me in the hospital! If there were more pdocs in Canada, I would sure want to shop around for the right one, not just stuck with one, and put up with them who get "courted" by the drug companies.. I like the american system for that.

She states my levels are a 7, and should be at a 10 for treatment. What should I do to resolve these symptoms, alopecia, fatigue, dizziness, thinning nails, difficulty recollecting thoughts?

That information will help to let you know what the recommended treatment is according to the new AASLD HCV guidelines. I think you are right in being very concerned about starting that treatment.

He too would have preferred a ribavirin-free treatment but it is an easier treatment for him than the interferon/ribavirin treatment would have been. He is ineligible for interferon as he has symptoms of decompensation. You may want to consider the interferon-free treatment. Good luck.

Since then he complains of bad smell in nose, passing yellow urine,loss of appetite, little shivering and skin becoming red if pressed, preferring to stay in dark . He was already a patient of depression before leaving to Canada and too treatment for the same for few months but was not on medicine during July. He was also having mild vericocele problem which was not advised for operation.

THe second doctor ( hepatologist this one) ordered the tests again, did not put him on treatment yet,will see if liver damage.He is in his early 20s, no symptoms. Does this look more like immunotolerant?

In Canada the guidelines are 3 months to obtain a conclusive test result. Same as with the US..

Researchers have tried various drugs on people who do no need treatment (according to the latest guidelines) and discovered that the drugs do not help at all. That is why the latest guidelines recommend "no treatment" in many cases.

Thank you for your help and support. My depression is going away very fast! Keep in mind that I only had it for only 3 days already. It started when I just came back from Canada which was Wednesday. It was actually Wednesday afternoon and I felt very depressed (didn't think it was depression cause I just left Canada. I felt naturally sad.) Then at Thursday I went to Dorney Park which is a fun amusement park which COMPLETELY kept my mind off of depression.

However (CATIE, Canadian Aids Treatment Information Exchange) the governing body for HIV research in Canada says a duo test is conclusive at 28 days or anytime after. I personally spoke with the medical director and she stated the window period is 4 weeks for the Duo test. That information is also stated by HIV experts such as Dr. Handsfield and Dr. Hook (World reknowned HIV experts) based on numerous seroconversion panel studies. The 90 day window period refers strictly to Antibody only tests.

While the treatment of choice is levothyroxine (I didn't see Synthroid mentioned in the document - simply L-thyroxine), options are left open to the treating physician, based on patient need. "The guidelines are not inclusive of all proper approaches or methods, or exclusive of others. the guidelines do not establish a standard of care, and specific outcomes are not guaranteed.

s almost impossible as the doctors are not allowed to diagnose or treat beyond the strict testing requirements and treatment guidelines. You might be able to find a sympathetic doctor to run a Western Blot for you or to evaluate you further for Lyme. Odds are high you'll need to go to the U.S. to a LLMD for treatment as so many other Canadian Lyme patients have. In the meantime, feel free to complain to your health authorities.

t test for Genotype unless we are considering treatment. have been to 3 specialists in Canada and all say the same. However, Southern Chinese descent gives us some clues. ALT - 33 L/U HBV DNA 148,000 IU/ml HBsAg Quantitative - Unavailable in Canada, Hepatologist wont send blood for testing to foreign labs HBeAG - is Negative, if previously positive is unknown but likely Biopsy - 4 years ago, comments, remarkable good condition Fibroscan - was I think 4.2 so F0-F1 range sounds correct.

Each countries has there own specific guidelines inregards to testings, Obviously those who devised and approved these guidelines have enough data to support their recommendations. I'm not here to say / judge one's guidelines compared to others. Ok, If someone calculates 3 months as 84 days versus 90 days, does that mean that his calculation is right and conclusive compare to the other one? If someone is ok with the 84 days result what about a negative in 83 days?....

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