Suboxone and hep c
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I was diagnosed with hep c after years of drug abuse and after I checked into long term rehab. I went into liver failure and almost died. I went to my GI Dr and was told the virus wasn't active. That was a year ago. I recently started a Suboxone treatment and have found out my GI Dr was wrong the hep c is still active and I'm afraid the suboxone has made it worse. I'm jaundice, extremely ill and scared to death. I go see my Dr Monday, anyone have any experience like mine.
I'm now on week 22 of my pegasys/riba therapy and been taking suboxone ever since and never had any problems.
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not hard to the liver, and people who take these drugs have the same result to the hep C treatment. In europe you have to use these drugs, and stop with heroine and another drugs who not are controlled by the goverment. When we get these drugs from goverment we also must give urine-test, so they know that you do not use another drugs.
t have much to do with making your Hep C better or worse. Since neither of these drugs are Hep C treatment drugs and have no impact on that - assuming you're taking suboxone for other reasons - the question of which is better between suboxone or subutex is more a matter of which one is more liver-friendly. I don't have the answer to that - maybe someone else here has some experience with that however it really is something to discuss with a doctor.
Ive been an IV user off and on for ten years. Ive been clean for a year now and been in a suboxone clinic. I was hospitalized back four months ago for heart failure and that was when I found out I had Hep C I just got an apt finally with a GI Dr this Thursday. I chose to come off the suboxone and the pain in my joints and lower back has got unbearable. My history with drug abuse has made it hard to even get ibuprofen. I realize its my fault but now what am I too do?
I need to make my body strong enough to undergo hep c meds. Been clean and sober for a while now, had problem with chronic pain (after 3 surgeries) and became addicted to painpills, hence going on the evil suboxone.
Will the ever end? I mean I'm in week 5 for goodness sake. My legs are like lead, sweats, nausea, anxiety, feeling like I'II never have a life again etc. Can not go out, no energy. I thought by now I'd be over it.
comes from the involuntary muscle movements during heroin withdrawal. In my experience, and I have seen many people in withdrawal, people coming of Suboxone go to work and do the shopping and complain that they are at death's door; people coming off agonists are in bed, often for weeks. They don't go to work, they don't go to the grocery store, and they don't eat. And they don't have the energy to complain about how sick they feel.
if you have pain around liver area i would go to get tested straight away and then u will know and hopefully your ok but if not your still young and most liklely healthy and have great chance of curing with treatment,the more damage ya liver has the harder it is to beat.sorry to be blunt but i think its best if people get tested just to make sure instead of wait and wait and assume and guess.just trying to give you some good advice and good luck hope to god you dont have it.
Thank you .... I had heard you could take it for 5 or 6 days and just walk away.... I know this guy all my life, he passed a few years ago hep c, so he's not here for me to pic his brain ...
I am on suboxone, if used as ur doctor prescribes them, and you dont abuse them, and if your not on them for years and years it will be fine. It will help u stop abusing your liver to get onto subs if you are a serious addict and use these as a appropriate withdrawal matter. How long have you been using? and what were u using? I was using norcos, up to 30 a day, for 3 years. Most people with less than a year abuse should not use subs, says my doctor atleast, or depending on the patient too.
Since you have hep C, have you checked out our hep C forum? They may be able to answer your questions about side effects, side ailments, etc. http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Hepatitis-C/show/75 They may also be able to help you find some hep C assistance programs or ways to get treatment without insurance.
You might also want to check our Stroke forum, or Neuro - http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Stroke/show/62 and http://www.medhelp.
s been on suboxone for the past 5 years because of his addiction to Heroin. This person also has HIV, Hep C and Herpes. He was taken off suboxone without notice due to a forgery in his perscriptions. The FDA is investigating the situation but in the meantime this individual is struggling with his addiction and having tremendous pain associated with his addiction. His primary doctor had to drop him as well due to the investigation.
i went to a specialist and explained about the hep c EIA test and he looked at me and said you dont have hep c this was prob an error. he sent me for another hep c screeing which was negative, a riba which was indeterminable (one strand or band reacted) and pcr which was negative and told me that i dont have hep c. this was 6 weeks post exposure.
my questions are is it possible that i do have hep c and it "piggybacked" on the herpes transmitting?
its hard on him cause he has other health issues he is dibetic and has hep c his wife is a good friend of mine and also my boss he has been demoted from supervisior to worker the next step is being fired he has to work monday and is in no shape right now to work does anyone know of anyway that we can help him?
First it appears that your partner has successfully treated his hep c so he doesn't have hep c anymore only the antibodies which are harmless, that being said my guess is his chances are about the same as anyone else.
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