Some else will tell you what you MIGHT expect from Peg.and other will share their experiences on all of these drugs. Everyone of course is different but the most common sides for myself and what I've heard are:

Sovaldi - SOME people get headaches

Riba - can cause anemia which you would experience as fatigue and shortness of breath on exertion. It can also cause some anxiety, sleeplessness and irritability. Short temperedness and easily pissed off and less control when you are - known as Riba rage. I hope that you were told that Riba is very sun sensitive and you should be very careful about sun exposure and use a good sun screen, a hat and sleeves as much as possible when outdoors. It CAN cause a rash for some people.

PS - I hope I have been helpful and supportive of you as you embark on your tx journey. It has been brought to my attention that some of my replies to your posts seemed to be critical and I wanted to ensure you that that was not my intent. I was under the mistaken belief that INF had been phased out for the most part as part of current tx with the introduction of sovaldi, especially for GT 1s, but apparently I was incorrect and want to apologize for my ignorance or if I confused you with my comments.

I guess I have got all of that and didn't even know it since I have started
I do get headaches and yesterday I cut the yard and the sun felt like I was on fire and do get pissed off pretty quick and hardly don't sleep but may a hour are two if I am lucky thanks a lot WarriorGal for the information.

Yes, it helps to know that you - and those around you - know the Riba side effects! Be careful in the sun. Note that if any of the side effects are bad - tell your doc and they can prescribe something. For instance, i was given anti-nausea meds and something to help me sleep while on Riba.

Don't take anything OTC without consulting with your doctor and DRINK LOTS OF WATER!! Ask doc what he recommends for headaches. My doc told me advil but many here have said that tylenol is preferable ??? If you were taking liver supplements like Milk Thistle, most docs advise stopping that during tx.

How much Riba are you on? What dose?

I have done Interfeuron/Riba together in past and headaches are common.....my shot was once a week and it was the worst few days after shot.....will get easier as weeks go on and for some reason, You feel like you have the flu sometimes.
I had problems week 10.
Stay out of sun please - will make everything worse. I love sun,
it is killing me as I am on Riba now with Sovaldi.

The Riba rage is awful and you must try and let people closest to you know as you will be doing apologizing, which is not easy as you constantly get irritated. You actually will find that most people annoy you for no reason whatsoever!!

Go for labs when requested so they can monitor the anemia, white blood cells (critical)...

For me Sovaldi, as long as I get thick grits/oatmeat 1/2 bowl in, take Sov, and then finish breakfast - I am okay. Cereal does not work for me.
The insomnia will stop - I am on week 12.....Sleeping thru night except for using the bathroom.
DRINK AT LEAST 6 BOTTLES OF WATER A DAY - WILL HELP SIDE EFFECTS SO MUCH - UNBELIEVABLE ONCE I STARTED DOING THIS AND ACTUALLY FOLLOWING DOC'S ORDERS!!

Good Luck and keep asking anything as weird stuff happens to each of us differently!!
God Bless!
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Severe exhaustion
Prickly skin, hearing and temperament
Anemia
Low grade fever
Heavily emotional reactions
Brain fog
Insomnia

I am on the same tx as you but 2 minths and 9 shots in

You will experience most of the above. But not necessarily at the same time (but usually)

And let's not forget the ever so brutal Riba rash..

Hopefully that one will pass you by since your doing a relatively short tx term

WarriorGal he started me out with 800mg a day take 2 200mg in the am and 2 200 mg pm!

my doc said there would be no side effects?

Realized I did not answer one of your questions. Do the side effects get worse each week. I would say for Sovaldi and Inf, no, not really, those sides are pretty much constant for me For Riba, yes. It has a half life of two weeks so with each dose you are accumulating that drug. But I would say by week 4 you will even out on the sides. I am having a rough time of it, and did when I first treated with just Inf and Riba. I find this brutal. You will find it challenging as time goes on and you will figure out your own coping technigques

I am not sure why a doctor would tell you there would be no sides Unot4me, that is absolutely crap. The sides of Inf/Riba are universal in my opinion. Sovaldi is new to the mix and when you are on triple tx, it can be hard to figure out which is doing what.

you can read my journal to get a daily account of what I'm experiencing but as of today it's been something like this.

on S/R side effects have been mild. finishing wk 3
a few low grade headaches the first week, more annoying than painful.
fatigue following slight exertion, passes quickly though.
eyes very sensitive to sun.
I wear sunscreen and there have been no sun to skin issues, yet.

I drink about 2 gal water a day

so far it's been fairly easy, but I'm retired so there's very little stress.

haven' t had a problem with sleeping.

I'm similar to lazeebones....also 3 weeks into S/R had a chills/fever/ body aches 2 days early on but nothing that an ibuprofen and little nap didn't fix. I'm able to keep working which was one of my major concerns. Every day around 3:00 my body feels drained but a short nap is all I need to get going again.

I haven't had any sun sensitivity and I'm out in the sun until around 1:00 everyday as I'm a mail carrier.

I also drink lots of water, I drink my 2 cups of coffee in the morning then my daily can of Pepsi and after that it's water all day long.

The doctor told me nausea was a common complaint but haven't had any of that.

I haven't had any headaches but more of just a heavy feeling in my neck and head.

Overall on a scale of 1 - 10 I feel about a 9 everyday . Not too bad....

mtc1969 that's about how I feel everyday tired at the end of the day after work but that's about it so far not bad, but I do drink a lot of water and I think that helps a lot.

at 800 mgs riba you may be spared most of the side effects. i was started at 1200 and it was pretty brutal. but when anemia caused warranted a dose reduction to 600 mgs I was on easy street!

but i didn't have the PEG you are taking....