ribavirin long term side effects

That's a good one! I sure hope I get that long term side effect.

I have no symptoms and feel great; I am 54 and wondering if HEP C would kill me or if the treatment could cause long term effects that could ruin my health. The longest living male in my family was my father 86 and had slow progressive dementia the last 10 years.

I developed fibromyalgia and chronic anxiety after my treatment for hep c. I believe it is a long term side effect from the combination treatment I received and I was wondering if anyone else developed either of these after treatment? This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/891091'>Are there long-term neurotoxic effects from Ribavirin??-getting worried here</a>.

hi folks-just looking around for info re long term side effects of treatment and came across you lot ranting away on your keyboards! I successfully completed 6months tx in april 2007 and am now unable to do very much due to the fatigue,pain and confusion I've suffered since. Just wanted to be added to the list of damaged souls. Have lost a lot of friends to this horrible disease so am very glad to have cleared it but at what cost?

I just wanted to let people know that I took this powerful medications of pegasys and ribavirin. The treatment was suppose to be a 12 month treatment with a 50% cure rate, and my treatment lasted 6 month because I had complication with anemia during treatment but the end result was that the treatment was successful and the diease hep C went into remission. My current issues now are fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism, major depression, anxiety, chronic fatigue syndrome.

Please note several other threads posted recently having to do with long term side effects of interferon. There are at least two threads on this subject active in the past day. You may want to join in the conversation on those threads.

We are searching in scientific litterature all the studies that could help and give hope, but they are not numerous. May be when the labs, like Roche, will recognize these long-term side-effects, there will be enough money to work on it, but today, this is not the case. There will be so much to say.

Personally I would be more concerned with the long term effects of hep c than the temporary side effects of treatment Here is a link to the prescribing information for Viekira Pak it lists common side effects http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2014/206619lbl.

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

Jails, institutions or death are the most common long term side effects I have seen, or the person quits and has a program of recovery. Why do you ask?

i wonder did a doctor tell you you had multiple chemical sensitivites....

I have read all the side effects but it is hard finding anything on the severe long term effects of taking this drug. Does anyone know a link or maybe some answers?

What are the long term side effects of taking Gabapentin for long term pain control?

I am reading there are long term side effects with treatment, I am getting the heebie jeebies I have been positive till now but need to know if this is true.

what side effects can i expect after 48 weeks of treatment for geno type 1,and for how long

Levoxly's long term side effects if taken at the right dose are very rare, with the most common being hair loss nothing new to most of us here.

Question should I do treatment with Stage 0-1 Fibrosis or wait? Side Effects and Long Term Effects are the risks worth the reward?

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.

After we get past week 12, post treatment issues and facts will certainly be presented to my doctor. In fact if I don't clear at 12 I will be asking my doctor about long term effects. Wondering why I wasn't offered a trial drug, another questions for my next visit.

Side Effects of Entecavir - for the Consumer Entecavir All medicines may cause side effects, but many people have no, or minor, side effects. Check with your doctor if any of these most COMMON side effects persist or become bothersome when using Entecavir: Diarrhea; dizziness; drowsiness; headache; indigestion; nausea; tiredness; trouble sleeping; vomiting.

you been reading info from the 70's? no, you aren't going to get ribavirin to treat herpes. it also doesn't cure herpes. acyclovir works much better, much cheaper and has less side effects and long term risks.

BUT, I have to take it or I am in pain. So try not to worry so much about the long term effects when you are trying to survive today. If you are worried about this I would talk to my doctor and let them know what you are experiencing and there may be something they can do differently. Just dont stop any seizure med without a doctors help. Hope you feel better..

Ribavirin long term side effects

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