Hepatitis C Support Group
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease which can cause liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact with an infected person's blood. Many people with HCV infection have no symptoms and are unaware of the need to seek treatment. Hepatitis C infects an estimated 150-200 million people worldwide.
When people were first doing trials, it sounded like there were no sides to the all-orals. Now i'm hearing that there usually are sides. Is it because that really good combo got scrapped due to greed and the new combos are more toxic?
I was on the infamous Gilead/BMS trial that was amazingly successful and sadly discontinued. I did 12 weeks no riba and had low grade head aches throughout. The first week my insomnia was unbearable I thought I'd never sleep again and was nauseas for the first few weeks and generally fatigued throughout. I also have some issues post trial that I attribute to the trial but i can't be sure.
But still, I consider myself to lucky beyond words to have been able to do this trial. I recently had my 48 week post trial VL which was undetectable. You'd think with my great fortune I'd be kinder to my liver...