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Twice Daily Incivek..people choose to wait

ImKramer
ImKramer
Vertexs Incivek twice-daily dosing schedule insufficient to entice HCV patients waiting for new drugs.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/75a73804-285e-11e2-a335-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2BUjapfpz
deleted_user
deleted_user
Incivek cleared me up nicely, but it was awful. I'd wait if I had to make the same decision now...
deleted_user
deleted_user
Incivek cleared me up nicely, but it was awful. I'd wait if I had to make the same decision now...
deleted_user
deleted_user
Incivek cleared me up nicely, but it was awful. I'd wait if I had to make the same decision now...
erniecoolcat
erniecoolcat
It sounds totally awful despite its efficacy. If I didn't have a choice but to treat now as a chronic knowing what I know now, I'd rather take Victrelis given those two choices and deal with worse anemia and Procrit shots along with lovely SOC. If I did have a choice I'd wait and not take intersuckon personally. But I needed to jump on so I'm in and will be for 8-9 months. But I'll never do these shots again I can honestly say. Never. So with each one down it's one I'll never have to do again and that makes me a little bit happy.

At least I've been killing some virus dead. I just don't need this to play out like a bad horror movie at the end. Just when you think the beast was dead. . . Ugh! What a fkr!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
So far I did 504 pills of incivek,540 pills of Riba,40 shots of interferon.I have 8 shots of interferon,and 112 pills of Riba to go.Would I do it again hell no
erniecoolcat
erniecoolcat
But who's counting right? Lol. Helpful info. though for those on the fence that can wait. Do safer, established oral trials and demand them from your providers. They go to conferences and network. The backlash from Interferon and PI drugs will be known. They are unacceptable as status quo. If you've got no choice then do it. It's worth it otw it isn't IMO either.
erniecoolcat
erniecoolcat
Hey Mike I've done like 900 RIBA pills. No fair! Lol. I take 6 200 mg. pills daily. It doesn't really matter at this point. I'm taking a plethora of pills with my vitamins currently.
deleted_user
deleted_user
If it was for 6 months I would do it.11 months is doable but tuff.
ImKramer
ImKramer
You rock Mike!
TulsaGal
TulsaGal
Mike is a rock. Anyone who can do 11 mos of that poison deserves a medal.
erniecoolcat
erniecoolcat
9 months doable but sucks. So my takeaway is do it if you really need to now and can't take more hepatic damage otw wait if you're stable, live healthier and wait it out. Best of luck to all deciding.
erniecoolcat
erniecoolcat
What does one get for 36 weeks? Lol.

Hopefully SVR
bagolady
bagolady
I wouldn't care if my medal was plastic as long as I was undie!
erniecoolcat
erniecoolcat
How long could you have go? Lol

Great thread. 55? 72? 96? Forever? Ugh
deleted_user
deleted_user
The support from everyone is keeping me going.