Hi Rob, the best of luck on slaying the dragon.
I will give you a link of a survival guide for the different side effects, you may experience during your journey.

http://www.hepcsurvivalguide.org/
comboguide.htm

Again the best of luck on your journey, and if you need any advice, anything, I am here for you .

Love & Respect,
Mckenzie
One day at the time.

its great that your all set to start this treatment , hugs and prayers to you !

Ah, yes, I remember how nervous I was before the first shot. In fact, when I took my first shot, the next morning I was glad to "wake up alive." lol. It's a big step to get the first shot out of the way but mostly just to get the weight off the shoulders. You will do fine. One shot at a time! Are you in for 24 or 48 weeks?

Good luck Moussa! I am only a couple weeks ahead of you, so I can really relate. I was very nervous about that first shot too. I did feel a little bad ( kinda like a mild case of the flu) but it was no where near as bad as I thought it was going to be. And I was so surprised on my 2nd shot, I didn't have any of the flu-like side effects that I got with my first shot. I hope and pray you have the same luck, and that tx is successful for you.
I think I read in your profile you are going for 24 weeks. That is something to be thankful for right there. If everything works out for you, it is like you are getting ready to do your 25th shot on a 48 week tx. lol That's how I tried to look at it, but I'm a glass half-full kind of guy. I have a feeling you are too. Good Bless and good luck, we're all here for you!

I'm sure you'll do just fine. The "unknown" and waiting are the hardest part. I expected instant misery and agony when I injected. That's not what happens at all. You will probably get chills and a fever several hours after the injection. It only gets really bad after about the third month if you are one of the unlucky ones that take it so hard. Be sure to take a couple advil or aleve an hour before injecting, and make sure you stay very hydrated. No tylenol!! Hope this helps. Cathie

thanks for good advice, but why no tylenol? I knew about no aspirin, but no tylenol.

Rob

Dont be nervous, just get everything done before you get the shot so you can lay down and reat. Be sure and take avill or tyenol for the aches,barb

be sure and call your doctor to see which one he wants you to take, all doctors are different, I take advill,barb

This pain reliever suggestion from drs is just another area where who knows what is right.
Advil - Advil is a brand of ibuprofen, an NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibuprofen
Ibuprofen can have a liver enzyme raising effect.

Tylenol - Tylenol is a North American brand of drugs for relieving pain, reducing fever, and relieving the symptoms of allergies, cold, cough, and flu. acetaminophen (called "paracetamol" outside North America), is marketed for headaches, fever, muscle and body pain, arthritis, and joint pain.
Acetaminophen is metabolized (eliminated by conversion to other chemicals) by the liver. Therefore drugs that increase the action of liver enzymes that metabolize acetaminophen.

If it goes through the liver, it can cause some harm to the liver. ASA and Ibuprofen both do and have the same precautions.

If you have pain, and Tylenol normally works for you to get rid of the pain, then take Tylenol. Just be careful to stay way under the max on the bottle.

Me, I like Excedrin. I don't know why, but it seems to work for me.
It's in the ASA family. I very seldom need to take anything and the only ones I took while on tx were related to migraines, nothing tx related at all.

If you are concerned, ask your dr ASA or Ibuprofen, then go from there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excedrin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylenol
http://www.medicinenet.com/acetaminophen/article.htm

Good point about the ibuprofen.....I just assumed it wouldn't matter how much I took of it cause I thought it wasn't bad on the liver. Turns out it can be. I think I got confused because it is supposed to be "less bad" on the liver. My doctor thinks that my liver enzymes could have possible been lower at times from the ibuprofen I was taking prior to tx. It is an anti-flamatory so it can cause liver enzymes to show less, due to the fact they can keep the liver from being inflamed. Anyway, point is, they can still hurt you and you can have damage even if you Liver enzymes are low. Plus they can keep you from having an accurate liver panel. Good point justblue.

whoops.....I meant anti INflammatory