No ..it is very good for you!
see:
http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Hepatitis_C/forum/10761612-coffee

They say it is good for your your liver. I didnt drink it much, too nauseated .

Hope not. Everything I've seen says it's okay. Hell, I even heard it fights breast cancer!!!

Well used to be bad for you now thy say its good for you so drink up before they change theyre minds again hahaa Hel- living itself is bad for ya if ya wannna know the truth hahha

one cup two max ok, all day long, while on tx, nope...
i cannot drink after 1pm....keeps me up all nite...
enjoy the java!

According to a study, chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease patients who drink three or more cups of coffee per day have a 53% lower risk of liver disease progression than non-coffee drinkers. The study found that patients with hepatitis C related bridging fibrosis or cirrhosis who did not respond to standard disease treatment benefited from increased coffee intake

See the study link ln my reply#1

Yea, Mo, I've read it, but they are not on tx and that's the difference....

Coffee dehydrates and depletes fluids rapidly.
Each drug on any of the tx's dehydrates the body rapidly.

plus the caffiene combined with the riba make for an insomniacs nightmare.....
or can create one quick..:)

So, one or two are the most that have been insisted upon my my physician.....
and I did bring up multiple studies.....

I miss my all day java and I used to drink Cuban coffee when in Key West....:(((

when i started treatment i was drinking one or two cups of coffee every morning. then a month into treatment my rbc's went critially low and my heart rate went up to 120 a minute which is really high for me. then coffee started making me really jittery so i stopped drinking it for the remainder of treatment. even after the doc added the weekly procrit injections i still couldn't drink the coffee cause my heart rate didn't go down until several months post treatment.

Okay here is another study of folks ON treatment (june 2011) and still recommend 3 or more cups of coffee.
Decaf is as good as regular so .. enjoy!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607105212.htm

Q stop looking at all those beefcake sites on the net ...lol hug

Mos, that's a report for SOC tx only.....

I'm staying with 2 max.....

But thank you for updated info I had not seen as yet.....
You're very savvy......:))))

I gave up my beloved coffee, while on tx, as it made my blood sugar drop so low. I would get jittery and did not feel good at all.

Like Jibi writes, caffeine can dehydrate you, so take in extra fluids.

True they have not done a study on triple therapy but if it helps Peg/Riba be more effective and those are in your tx mix and it does not hurt ..hell bring it on! lol
Point is for Becky it will do no harm!

Re: decaf vs caf
see:
Coffee has >1000 compounds, any one of which could be involved in virologic response. One major constituent of coffee is caffeine. Although we could not distinguish caffeinated from decaffeinated coffee in our study, we found no association with consumption of black or green tea.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/744495_4

Insomnia and accelerated heart rate have always been associated with coffee consumption and some people can't drink the beverage due to these effects. Anecdotal accounts of these experiences don't negate the conclusions of the studies that demonstrate that moderate coffee consumption is beneficial to those with liver disease, and boosts SVR response rates of hcv tx.

Upshot: If you enjoy coffee and tolerate it, you should drink it.

I do know when i drank more than 2 cups of coffee, I did not drink a glass of water to counter, plus my urine was dark.
Prior to tx, I cut back on the coffee, drank much more water and urine was clear. way clear.
Still is.

I listen to what my HP tells me to do.
I listen to what my Dr tells me I should do.
I listen to what my heart and instinct tells me I should do.

I gave up doing what I thought I should do sometime ago.

Even if coffee keeps me up, I still feel i can tolerate it.
So, I cannot drink away as suggested.
My Dr tells me otherwise than I think, and fortunately for me, he is spot on.