peg intron ribavirin

t mention that she took ribavirin pills too, you only state she took peg-intron. Hopefully she took ribavirin pills along with the peg-intron, because taking both interferon and ribavirin together greatly improves her chances of being cured. 3. Did your mom have a liver biopsy? A liver biopsy is a procedure where they stick a needle in your abdomen and remove a tiny sample of liver tissue.

I finished treatment with Peg-Intron and Ribavirin in 2007, after a 24 week course. I acheived non-detectable levels of HCVRNA after 4 weeks of treatment. I have, however, since relapsed. My current doctor would like to retreat with Infergen and Ribavirin, with the belief that the HCV virus has developed some form of immunity to the pegylated interferon.

"180" is the standard dosage for Pegasys. You state you're on "Peg Intron" which is made by a different manufacturer and dosed differently by weight. The most common forumulations of Peg Intron need to be refrigerated and I therefore assume so does yours since it was shipped in a styrofoam container. The ribavirin can be stored at room temperature. Like in your case, my ribavirin was also shipped in the styrofoam along with the peg.

Well, if your HBV DNA wasn't all that high before your Peg Intron, it's not surprising that you would go UND. As long as you stay HBV DNA UND on Peg Intron, your HepB is being managed well. It's obviously the desired outcome. Here's the thing, you have a timeframe for Peg Intron for HCV treatment. I think your doc will stop Peg Intron based on HCV because there's no timeframe for HBV.

s weight is 60 kg and dr. recommend her 80 microgram dose of peg-intron injections with 400mg Virex capsulse. While I have read on Peg-intron literature that its dose is given by weight. For monotherapy use 0.5 microgram/kg/week. For combination therapy 1.5 microgram/kg/week...i think my mother case is combination therapy (injections + capsules).And for 60 kg weight injection dose should be 100 micrograms. Please advise.

Thanks for posting these I found them very helpful in deciding on my husbands third attempt at treating. He has used Pegintron and responded too slow (2 log drop at 13 weeks but too late for Ideal trial) next was Infergen but they had to keep lowering riba and he had a breakthrough. Joe has cirrhosis and his labs are low enough that this is likely our last chance to treat so I sure don't want to blow our last bullet.

The only thing I might add,is that this is my husbands 4th try and he has used all the available interferons. The Peg-intron was by far the hardest for him. Pegasys was much more tolerable in his case. If your mom used Peg-intron, she maybe could try Pegasys with one of the new protease inhibitors. You have to have a decent interferon response for it to work though. Hopefully your mom's health will hold out for a non-interferon solution. I hope something will work out for your mom.

t think there will be a problem with changing to Pegasys once your Peg-intron runs out. They both are very similar. My husband has taken both and the Pegasys was a much better experience for him than the Peg-intron. There should never be any interuption time in shots or Riba. This is a hateful virus and you can't give it any chance or it will find a way to live on. Missing doses is a very bad idea so if you change, you've got to make sure there are no gaps in delivery.

http://www.spfiles.com/pipeg-intron.pdf Effect of food on absorption of ribavirin: Both AUC and C-MAX increased by seventy percent when Rebetol Capsules were administered with a high fat meal: (841 kcal, 53.8 g fat, 31.6 g protein, and 57.4 g carbohydrate) in a single-dose pharmacokinetic study.

I don’t know which interferon you are prescribed, Pegasys or PEG-Intron. Quite often, our insurance companies will cover the cost of ribavirin for a nominal co-pay; however, the interferon is excluded from the Rx side of the plan, but covered under major medical, which is probably why you are seeing the high co-pay. I’d encourage you to call one of the following numbers and ask about their Patient Assistant Plan (PAP).

The treatment with most promising results is a combination of pegylated interferon alfa (Pegasys, PEG-Intron) and the antiviral drug, ribavirin. Interferon alfa is a protein which the human body produces naturally as a defense response to viral infections. Pegylation describes a chemical process that makes the interferon last longer in the body. Interferon increases the potency of ribavirin in the treatment of HCV.

My experience was that Pegasys was much much easier to tolerate than was Peg-Intron. I treated with both interferons and Pegasys was literally a walk in the park compared to Peg-Intron. I think the efficacy is pretty much equal with Pegasys perhaps having a slight edge. It was the tolerability of Pegasys that enabled me to extend my treatment duration and achieve SVR.

I currently just finished my peg-intron treatments at the first of June. I was on the treatment for three months. I just found out that i am about a month pregnant. What is the possible side affects to the fetus?

I have treated 5 or 6 times, cleared only to relapse each time. Have tried intron A , peg-intron, Pegasys and 72 weeks of infergen and until 6 months ago have been on maintenance therapy. I was a stage 4 with a enlarged spleen. Last biopsy and mri came back a stage 3 and a normal size spleen.

I asked my doctor for pegasys over peg intron. He addressed my concerns and told me sx's for me would be similar with either drug and kinetics were similar for both with regard to initial suppression of the virus. I had read about peaks and troughs with peg intron. He said that was dated info. Ok, so we decided to stay with peg intron. Now...about dosage. Can anyone explain why pegasys is one dose fits all and peg intron is weight based? I will get 80 mcg with weight at 114 lbs.

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