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Avatar f tn Don't inject it. Call the drug company hotline first thing in the morning. Then call your pharmacist be it local or mail order. The way it worked for me is that the drug company will ship replacement injections to the pharmacist. The pharmacist will then ship it to you. In my case, the mail order pharmacist actually shipped the peg upon notification by the drug company so the turnaround was literally overnight.
Avatar f tn Actually I am kinda relieved to be off the RO study drug and taking a week break from Pegasys. I think I can stay on SOC easier and have confidence that it will be affective. Now excuse me while I salve some intensive repair cream on my feet and legs and take an ambien pill in hopes to get some sleep. Oh ya I think that a couple of ibuprophen might take the edge off while I go to sleep.I will shave my head tommorrow it is starting to thin out pretty good now.
Avatar f tn Drug: Tegobuvir (GS-9190); Drug: GS-9451; Biological: Pegasys®; Drug: Copegus®; Drug: Tegobuvir placebo; Drug: GS-9451 placebo Good luck.
Avatar f tn Has anybody out there been treated with COPEGUS and PEGASYS? I saw a gastroentoligist today and he has ordered all sorts of blood work, but says if I start treatment this is what he would give me. I asked about the new VERTEX drug coming out next year and he said it probably wouldent be out that soon.
Avatar f tn I seen where different people have talked about the rescue drug while on treatment I guess I must be dumb or something I have no clue to what it is, Could someone please tell me
961776 tn?1248714887 I called the drug company drug assistance program and they asked me for the insurance letter denying coverage and then paid for every single bit of it for me - even mailed it to my house for free. If you are on PegIntron it is called Commitment to Care If you are on Pegasys it is called Pegassist Google them and they should come right up. I don't have the numbers any longer cause I've been done for a long time but if you contact them more than likely they should be able to help you.
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Avatar m tn it is also wrong to stop pegasys since you have no hbsab antibody yet you should have gon for 2 years pegasys as shown by the latest trials
Avatar m tn Yes, Pegasys is no more available in market. What is MRP of Exxura 180mcg? Are you getting any offer or discount on this?
Avatar n tn As I understand it the body has natural interferon and you add extra to amp up the immune system further, forming extra killer t-cells to kill the virus. The co-drug, ribivirin, works as an adjuvant (increases the activity of the interferon), but has no effect on it's own. You need them both. I once looked the 2 drugs up online and when I added them up for 48 weeks of treatment, it came to $27,000 total, but can't recall the interferon figure, maybe it was $150 per shot.
Avatar m tn So, it could be that my best bet might be the drug with the anemia risk instead of the drug with the skin infection risk. (Wow, what choices we have. ) Thanks for your reply. I see the doc on November 1 and am supposed to decide one way or the other by then.
Avatar f tn I start pegasys in July. Are the side effects really bad? I know everyone is different.. Do most people lose some of their hair? I just wanted info from someone that has been on this.
87972 tn?1322661239 ” March 9 (Reuters) - Human Genome Sciences…said a its drug to treat chronic hepatitis C, albuferon, met the main goal in a second late-stage trial and expects to file for marketing approvals globally in the fall of 2009.” http://www.reuters.
Avatar m tn I was wondering if there have been any studies comparing Pegasys and Pegintron, and if one has better SVR numbers than the other or was more tolerable. I am new here so I hope I am posting this in the correct forum.
Avatar f tn What’s interesting about this co-promotion deal is that Merck and Roche make rival hepatitis C drugs, Peg-Intron and Pegasys. They’re interferon injections are part of the standard two-drug therapy for the disease. Victrelis is an add-on, creating a three-drug cocktail that’s proven to be more effective at curing hep C than the standard two-drug combo and work more quickly than the standard therapy, which has its share of unpleasant side effects.
Avatar m tn 24 weeks of total treatment, with RG7128 500mg BID in combination with Pegasys and ribavirin for 12 weeks, followed by 12 weeks of Pegasys and ribavirin ("12+12") 24 weeks of total treatment, with RG7128 1000mg BID in combination with Pegasys and ribavirin for 12 weeks, followed by 12 weeks of Pegasys and ribavirin ("12+12") 24 weeks of total treatment, with RG7128 1000mg BID in combination with Pegasys and ribavirin for 8 weeks, followed by a further 16 weeks of Pegasys
Avatar m tn I have been on Pegasys for 13 weeks. Took my quantification but did not see much difference. There has been only 4.8% reduction but my viral load shows improvement. Hepatitis B Viral (HBV DNA, Quantitative Real Time PCR) from 4,76,172 IU/mL to 12172 IU/mL Hepatitis B Surface Antigen: 5966.72 IU/mL to 4328.60 IU/mL So my doc suggested to put me on combo therapy. He suggested that I take tenofovir along with pegasys for another 12 weeks. I am not sure if this is going to be of any help.
Avatar m tn In the trial, named ACHIEVE 1, patients were either given the drug Albuferon every two weeks or standard-of-care Pegasys once weekly and the company said the rate of SVR among the two groups "was comparable." "This means that you have a drug that is statistically comparable but for the vast majority of prescribers who have used Pegasys for ever, they are not going to change their prescribing trends based on this data," said Piper Jaffray analyst Edward Tenthoff.
Avatar m tn For example, instead of having 15% chance of cure with pegasys alone, one could have maybe 20% (or 25%) chances of cure if pegasys would be combined with 520. Pegasys can cause substantial side effects though...pegasys + 520 could be even tougher on side effects....so the question is how much one would be willing to take a risk to get to a cure. Above is just my own estimate (based also on consultation with studyforhope, and the fact that 520 can lower hbsag just by 0.
335297 tn?1210597884 It seems hypothyroidism has symptoms similar to depression. My doctor has prescribed replacement hormone therapy with a drug called Euthyrox. I started taking this five days ago and was told I might start feeling better in two weeks. Here are my questions: 1. Has anyone on the forum had a similar experience with hypothyroidism? 2. Also, does anyone have knowledge as to what may cause hypothyroidism in hcv treatment? 3. Is hypothyroidism a possible side-effect of interferon?
694630 tn?1227710675 The results showed that Albuferon was as effective for hepatitis C as the current treatment on the market, a Roche drug called Pegasys, but in half as many doses. The test focused on patients who had two types of hepatitis C, both of which take 24 weeks to treat. Results of Albuferon's final trial, conducted on patients with a type of hepatitis C that takes 48 weeks to treat, are expected in March.
Avatar n tn Interferon (which is what pegasys is) has been around a long time and the drug can be used to treat other things, including some cancers. If your partner is indeed taking these drugs then you must use a condom as the drugs can be transmitted to you and the baby though semen. If you partner does have Hep C the chances are very slim that it can be passed through normal sexual intercourse, however for the safety of you and your baby I strongly recommend you use condoms ALWAYS. I hope that helps.
541844 tn?1244309824 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.
768754 tn?1373918737 Hi everyone. I'm considering participating in a Phase II drug trial that combines Pegasys and Copegus with a third drug "BI 201335 NA". The BI study drug is supposed to work by preventing the virus from multiplying. This is a double-blind study with four Tx groups (with various doses of BI and one placebo combined with standard of care (SOC) tx). Chances of me receiving the BI drug in addition to SOC is 4:1. I'm a 42-yr old who has had the infection for about 23 years.