ribavirin and side effects

Guess I got my answer 9.9 hemoglobin. Add procrit to the list.

I am grateful to have been cleared at the 4 week mark. I was just feeling that the side effects were getting worse and worse and i was battling discouragement. I am very grateful for your help and admire the way you are handling this!

There are lots of side effects that are related to ribavirin however it's hard to find information about it that doesn't include interferon. I know one of our members did the trial for 24 weeks and she experienced some of the same post tx side effects that I had even though I also did interferon. It had to be from the riba.

They did not really have side effects (sx) and I am in wk 40 and have none. Good luck Margie. I will let others comment about their sx.

Put them all away in a secure place and encourage the women to support the therapy by keeping him company,seeing to his exercise and dietary needs, and empathizing with his fatigue. I think they'll be happier and healthier if they come out of the medication loop.

I am currently taking the Telepriver protocol with copeg/pegasys interferon/ribavirin etc,,, am in my fourth week and I have some very uncomfortable side effects. 'Roids are a BIG issue,,, traditional treatments are offering minimal relief/results,, anyone had similar complaints? How did you handle it?

of 09 I had lumbar fusion. In Aug. I started the treatment (Pegasys Interferon and Ribavirin).I was wondering is treatment intensifying the aches and pains from the surgeries and I've developed several rashes.I go to see my GI on the 17.I asked him about my Viral load last month he said it was 747,386 I'm not sure of the date,and in October a woman ran over my left foot throwing my left knee to the pavement could this had hurt my lumbar healing?

THOUGHT I WAS GOING CRAZY BEFORE I FOUND YOU GUY. SIDE EFFECTS MUCH MORE THAN WE HAD BEEN LED TO BELIEVE.PERSONALLY HAVE THE BLURRY VISION, ENHANCED JOINT PAIN, SWEATS, AND SLEEP NOT GOOD. FINALLY SAW FEED BACK FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT VERIFIED OTHERS FEELING SAME. ANYONE FEELING ANYTHING ELSE ODD? PLEASE POST. ALSO HAVE BLOATING, IRRITABILITY. AND CONTRARY TO WHAT DOCTORS SAY, I'M ALWAYS CONSTIPATED.

HI. I also caught this disease when I was very young in the late 60s early 79s . I was married to an iv drug user. The experts say I probably didnt catch it by sexual contact but probably by using his razor/toothbrush. I was diagnosed last year with f4 fibrosis but not cirrhosis genotype 1a. Started triple therapy 10 weeks ago stopped on Monday as couldn't cope with side effects. The physical side effects I could cope with but nit the daily panic attacks I was getting.

First week in the books and relatively minimal side effects. An occasional mild headache. Some anal burn and itch that began the morning after the first dosage and has been with me since. Very mild but worth noting. Overall, I feel fantastic.

I believe Olysio is for genotype 1 only. However as a genotype 3 you are eligible for the Sovaldi/Ribavirin treatment for 24 weeks with no interferon. I am a genotype 2 and am 5 weeks into 12 weeks of Sovaldi/Ribavirin treatment and have had NO side effects at all, zip! I can't be sure how the next 7 weeks will be but I'm feeling good about it.

I finished 12 weeks of Sovaldi and Ribavirin on April 22. I had no side effects at all and was able to continue my XC skiing and cycling as normal. Some do have side effects like fatigue, headache and anemia but I have not heard about anything very severe with this treatment.

I just attended a course on the triple treatment that includes Victrelis. The PA who ran the course said that I wasn't likely to develope any new side affect with Victrelis but that it is likely to intensify the side effects I am having with just the Interferon & Ribavirin. Do you all fing this to be mostly accurate?

This is extremely variable. Some people feel side effects the evening that they inject. For others, the side effects don't show themselves until they've been undergoing treatment for weeks or months and the drugs have had a chance to build in their system. A lucky few never experience significant side effects at all. So it's hard to say. You might feel them early, late, or never at all.

I just looked up all of the side effects of Pegasys, Ribavirin and Incivek and none of them lists tinnitis as a side effect. However, I also have worsening tinnitis. I am on Wellbutrin and Wellbutrin can cause tinnitis. I had the tinnitis (from the Wellbutrin) before starting triple med treatment. However, the tinnitis has definitely worsened since I have been on the triple med treatement (only 2 weeks).

They all have different side effects and depending on which treatment you are asking about most experience more side effects with certain treatments like interferon and Ribavirin and generally much less side effects with Harvoni with out Ribavirin. In fact many report little to no sides with Harvoni or occasional headaches. What treatment are you asking about?

22 days on sovaldi-olysio-no side effects,not even a headache.And to this life long non responder who has done and failed with everything that has been on the market,this combo is working.Cant believe I am getting better and not suffering like I did with all the previous poison.Its like Dr. Bones McCoy from Star Trek brought this stuff back from the future.

Before that it was 18 months of Interferon and Riba and that was like the land of the walking dead. Lol. No long term side effects from either treatment and very glad to know current treatments are so much better and less invasive.

My bf is starting treatment with interferon (Pegasys) and ribavirin (Copegus) and we are both worried about side effects. The thing is that obviously he will be feeling them but I will not. While he can simply tell me about things like fatigue, pain, etc., the psychological effects may be more complex. I am afraid that although I am very aware of possible side effects like depression, personality changes etc, I may not recognise them actually happening if he doesn't tell me everything.

They are now using weight based dosages as opposed to the old school thinking that geno 2's & 3"s should take only minimum dosage of 800 mg. You need the riba agatha. Sides will be what they are and one more pill isn't going to make much pr any difference in that respect but it will make a significant difference in reaching SVR. Being overweight is one of the factors they determined effects the odds of reaching SVR.

Just started treatment for Hep C. This is my 3rd day taking Sovaldi and Ribavirin. No side effects, yet. Just curious, if anemia sets in, when would that be? Is it two weeks into treatment?

greetings, I've been very lucky in many ways - I found out I had hep C type 3 within 3 or four months of contracting it, only did 3 months of treatment with Ribavirin, pegelated interferon, and probably inhibitex. I only had it for a year and only had stage 1 damage. I have had two extreme depressive episodes in my life pretreatment, but had no depression during the treatment or since. I'm at six months out, no detectable virus for 8 months.

I have also read that the side effects may be worse than with only the interferon and ribavirin.

I CONTRACTED THIS IN 1975 IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND DID NOT KNOW FOR 30+ YEARS. THE TREATMENT WAS NOT EASY AND I SEE HOW MANY GIVE UP, BUT I PLUGGED MY WAY THROUGH. I NOW FEEL PRETTY WELL AND GETTING BACK INTO PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES BUT HERE IS MY CONCERN. 1. I FEEL 10 YEARS OLDER!! 2. MY GUMS IN SOME AREAS ARE RECEEDING AND SHOWING SOME OF THE ROOT. 3. JOINTS MORE SORE THAN BEFORE I STARTED TREATMENT ARE THERE VARIOUS SIDE AFFECTS?

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