Best of luck. I have not heard that sovaldi needs to be taken with any special instructions. It has been reported to be well tolerated with few sides.

Great news! Good luck. Sovaldi can be taken anytime with or without food. Just take it at the same time every day.

Thanks everyone. Hoping I'll have little side effects. June will be here before I know it! ;-)

Take the riba earlier in the evening as it can cause insomnia. I set my phone to remind me about 1/2 hr. before my dose was due so I could be compliant & take my meds at the same time every day. Wishing you success & tolerable side effects.

Good luck and svr to u....god bless

Hi Beachymon,

You are taking a great combo, I wish you the best of luck.

Like others have said, Riba can sometime make it had to sleep, and watch out for sun exposure, especially since you live in Florida. Oh, and keep drinking water - all day, every day.

Make sure to keep us posted on your lab results.

Bob

Go gettem beachymom~

Just remember we are here to support each other. Drop a line if you need anything. Best of luck Beachy!! I wish you a smooth journey to a cure.

Thanks so much everyone!! Just took my first dose this morning. Only issue I had this morning is I SWEAR the doc said 800 MG of Ribavirin a day, and on the bottle it says to take 1200 mg (two doses of 600 mg). So I had to call the nurse just to be sure and to clarify first. Can't be too careful. I have a dizzy, front headache also. I guess a small side effect? Hopefully I'll adjust soon.

Thanks for the tip on not taking the Riba too close to bedtime. I don't need any extra insomnia. I have enough problems with that. Eyelid theater all night, tired all day. LOL. Alarm on phone is a great idea and already set it! It'll remind me to take my blood pressure meds and allergy pills too. ;-)

As for water, I've already drank 48 ounces of water plus 2 cups of coffee and and a small orange juice and it's not even 10 am here. I'm swimming! LOL.

Thanks for being such a great support everyone. I have anxiety big time over taking meds, and just having you all here to support me helps more than you can imagine. xo

Good luck! 1200 mg of Riba is a lot...I hope you don't have bad sides and/or anemia from it.

hmmm I've only ever seen Riba come in 400 mg tablets but that may have changed. I can see how you could be confused.

Nope apparently Riba comes in 400, 500, 600. I did not know this.

Thanks, Sandy. Yeah, after reading here, I see it IS a lot. For the next 4 weeks at least, I will be getting blood work CBC w/platelets every week. Then once a month after that. And on final dose day, I will get full work up with CMP and RNA PCR. Hopefully, if I am going to get anemia, it will be found early on.

Kramer, these are 200 mg tabs the size and look of Bayer aspirin - I'm taking 6 a day...

Mine were blue bullet shaped, they were 200 mg. I took 2 in the morning, 2 at supper and 3 at bedtime total 1400 mg daily.
That was super high for me as weight based dosage that was appropriated for a 220 lb person. I weigh 170 lbs.
Dr. said he was pushing the limit for me ..bastard! lol
Didn't help..still HCV pos