Out of curiosity, today I called my GI who also treats for Hep C and he also said my daily riba dose would be 800
mg because of my weight. Both doctors stated that the 800
mg dosage it is strictly because of my weight and no other reason.
I treated in 2008 with a different doctor, and I weighed the same 115 lbs, and took 1000 mg of riba per day (with pegasys, no PI). I treated for 16 weeks (when I reached UND) and I did not take any rescue drugs (my hgb went from 14.5 pre tx, to 12.0, 10.