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There was no money exchanged or special consideration given to get Vioxx on the market. However, Vioxx is a good example of a study not digging deep enough into long term effects of a new drug. Vioxx was introduced in 1999 and was originally thought of as a treatment for polyps in the intestinal track.
But this time I am going to ask the GP to try for Gout immediately (VIOXX and/or Allopurinol for Uric Acid/Gout). I notice it seems to reoccur every 5 years.
Advice appreciated?
I will know then if that is EOT or I go for 6 more weeks. The Merck trial presented wonderful results at the ASSLD conference. 97 out of 98 reached SVR. That was a 12 week study but did not include hard to treat such as null responders, cirrhotics and HIV. These new drugs are changing the way Hep C is treated---rapidly. The future looks bright for all of us. Still have a way to go, but I am optimistic about my trial and others.
Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:17am EDT (Reuters) - A two-drug combination being tested by Merck & Co to treat hepatitis C cured 98 percent of previously untreated patients without cirrhosis in a midstage clinical trial, providing the latest evidence that the U.S. drugmaker will be highly competitive in the fast evolving field.
Results of the study called C-Worthy were presented on Thursday at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) in London.
My treatment nurse set me up on the program with Pegassist
(Genentech Pegasys system): 1-888-941-3331
Peginterferon and Ribaviron
Commitment to Care (Merck PEG-Intron system): 1-866-363-6379, opt 1
Hope that helps.
t want to make you feel bad, but mine dropped using an experimental Merck drug combo from 585,000 to 396 in 7 days. By day 14 it was ND, been so ever since. EOT is either 10-31 or another month after that, I don't know yet. You might want to run it by other members, they may know how long the Sovaldi/INF/RBV tx takes to show significant VL drops.
Symptons are always have been cold, tired, joint and muscle pain worse in fingers, I took Vioxx before it was removed , high blood pressure , tinnitus, completely deaf over 2,500 cycles in both ears. Hearing aids made no difference. Dentist last month couldn't freeze my gums with 2 needles of Carbocaine.
7mm nodule on thyroid. Blood tests TSH 2.15 ( range .465 to 4.68 ) FT4 11.17 ( range 10 to 28.2 ) Total T3 2.02 ( range .92 to 2.
I was paying $135 or so for Nasonex, which I thought was ridiculously expensive at the time. When Flonase became an OTC product, I thought Nasonex would become cheaper. That's what competition is supposed to do. But noooooo... I went to CVS today and the price was $218 for Nasonex. That is a total ripoff... Why did the price go up? So what's the difference between Merck, the manufacturer, and a robber with a gun on the street? Answer: The gun. Merck robs you without using a gun.
When I relapsed on Sovaldi, it was just devastating but yours is the only relapse that I recall reading about (but the brain fog continues so there could have been more)
Wishing you good luck on your new treatment and I'm sure it will be even more effective than the latest miracle drug with, hopefully, fewer side effects
~ Linda
From the Wall Street Journal
By JONATHAN D. ROCKOFF
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first new treatment for the infectious disease hepatitis C in almost a decade, green-lighting a Merck & Co. drug that heralds a wave of stronger medicines.
Hepatitis C patients, particularly those who failed to respond to existing treatments, have been waiting for an approval like Friday's, of the drug boceprevir.
Getting mutation info from Merck is not happening. They will not release any info for anyone at my trial center and to quote my doc, not abiding by the consent is "reprehensible behavior."
In my Sprint trial the consent form read:
If there is evidence of mutations, your treatment with Boceprevir will be stopped, and you will either continue treatment with PegIntron and ribavirin alone, or you will discontinue all study drugs and proceed to the follow-up period.
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