Ribavirin indications
Common Questions and Answers about Ribavirin indications
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49 previously untreated participants with genotype 2 or 3 chronic hepatitis C were randomly assigned to receive telaprevir alone (750 mg every 8 hours), telaprevir with pegylated interferon alfa-2a (Pegasys) plus 800 mg ribavirin, or pegylated interferon/ribavirin with placebo for 2 weeks. All participants then received pegylated interferon/ribavirin through week 24 (the standard duration of treatment for these genotypes).
Patients with anti-HCV, HCV RNA, elevated serum aminotransferase levels, and evidence of chronic hepatitis on liver biopsy, and with no contraindications, should be offered therapy with the combination of peginterferon and ribavirin. The National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Panel recommended that therapy for hepatitis C be limited to those patients who have histological evidence of progressive disease.
From what I have always heard the priority is reduce ribavirin 1st, Procrit 2nd and transfusion last. But it is up to the doctor and his experience.
Has the Procrit helped at all?
Of course it will take time for the reduced dosage of ribavirin to take effect.
Hang in there! I hope that can get back up soon!
If indeed she has no fibrosis (scarring) which can only be determined accurately from a biopsy she should consider waiting for newer treatment medications which are currently in the trial phase. By all indications it looks like they will become part of the standard of care for treating HCV by 2011 but there is no certainty yet.
Was a non responder in 2003 Peg/Intron w/ribavirin, now doc wants me to try Telaprevir (triple therapy).
Here are my liver biopsy results. My hepatologist thinks I may have more fibrosis than the test shows, so he now wants to do a EGD. I thought the biopsy was the gold standard for diagnosing the liver. Let me know what you think.
How long that ribavirin stay's in my system after doctor tells me my bloodwork came out good and i can get of that medizin.
I am running short on my Ribavirin. Does anyone know of any resources? What would be the least expensive way, assuming that my doc won't give my Rx.
(often used in conjuction) is greatly improving giving clinicians very good indications of liver damage(fibrosis) making the invasive procedure of biopsy even less prevalent,according to many hepatologists.
Possibly an option to speak with your doctor about...
The panel underscored the importance of assessing the indications for treatment (particularly in null responders—weighing risk of treatment failure and resistance with need for therapy), adherence to stopping rules to minimize the risk of emergence of resistant variants, and any potential impact on future treatment options. For both drugs, the stopping rules put forth in the prescribing information have been harmonized for treatment-naive and treatment-experienced patients.
They also lowered my ribavirin to 800 from 1000. I can stand all the side effects so far, and they seem to just keep popping up with new ones, but the anemia for so long, I can't stand. So today the Dr. says that if I can make to 6 months I have a very good chance of remaining undected. I didn't start this tx to ever do it again, so when I was so lucky to be undected I was ready for the long haul. But the anemia could stop this. Anyone ever heard of 6 mo.
I also recently learned I have relapsed after completing the 12 week treatment with Solvadi and Ribavirin. I have Hep-C, genotype 2. The virus went undetectable after 4 weeks and remained that way 6 weeks after completing treatment, then showed up in a blood test done at the 12 week marker after treatment. Needless to say I was heartbroken. I was diagnosed in 1993 and have significant cirrhosis. I will keep hoping for a new drug protocol that will knock it out once and for all.
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