Harvoni Side Effects And Taking Ayurvedic Medicine Instead (Top voted first)

I stopped the first interferon based meds for hep c1 because of severe rotational dizziness on the slightest movement; this made me vomit and I went to the hospital. I am severely traumatized by this experience and now my doctor tried to insist I try harvoni. I was hopeful at first because I generally read good reports. But, now, looking further into it, I see dizziness is again quite common. I have always been prone to dizziness even as a child I never spun around in games, so I just know there is some inner ear problem and this is likely to happen again. I'm going to ask for another doctor as this one never listens to what I say. I have very low viral load and have been taking ayurvedic medicine: hcv compound. The doctor is well known and holds awards in india and has been nominated for the benefits of his research but check it out for yourself. Within months my alt etc returned to normal levels and severe constipation that I was taking lactulose for, stopped. Any thoughts out there on any of these topics?

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Hi Sydney, what is the doctor's name? My girlfriend has HCV and she is 5,000,000. I actually have read about some horrible things happening to people who have taken Harvoni. She was going to do the treatment, and now we have some fear.

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When you have a serious medical condition, such as HepC, your basic choices are to take the treatments, and deal with the temporary side effects to get better, or ignore your doctors advice and end up with severe liver damage that may be fatal. Additionally, HepC can be spread to others, so that is also an important consideration regarding having it properly treated.

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Ayruvedic products are not actual medicine, and aren't actually proven to do anything.

Usually, your doctor can help you with ways to minimize, and manage the side effects.

Other than dizziness, and nausea, what other side effects do you find particularly unsettling? Perhaps those can be addressed to help you more.

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For some people it worked out just fine for others it didn’t and I’m one of them I had side effects while I was on the treatment and I continue to have them. I have lost my sight my teeth are crumbling. I lost 70% hearing I have sensory peripheral neuropathy through my whole body muscle spasms, I’m bedridden, so yes for some the treatment was great I should’ve been stopped when I was having to see if severe allergic reactions had a low viral load and was treated an extra month when my viral load was going into weeks I was having all these side effects and the doctor pushed me to take Tylenol Benadryl Zofran my cholesterol went up. My blood pressure went up I was a diabetic , now I’m having so many multiple issues. I’ve had CAT scans I’ve had spinal tabs. I’ve had multiple blood draws. My normal was liver was fine. There’s nothing wrong with my liver. I see that people that had cirrhosis or fibrosis that it knocked him down to a level that was good for them , I have unbearable tonight is 24 seven I can’t function anymore and it did something to my brain that I was never the same. They’re not temporary side effects for some.

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Yes what is his name I took the treatment and ended up with severe side effects. It works out fine for some not fine for all the damage to my eyes. I’m going blind I have 70% hearing loss. I lost the hair on my head I’m full of sores all the time I have a little viral load of the doctor said leave it alone. My liver was fine. I had no liver damage. I have sensory profile neuropathy throughout my whole body. My teeth are rotting my bones feel like they’re all broken I’m bedridden. I’ve been to multiple doctors since 2015 I was over treated a month. My treatment time should’ve been eight weeks it activated dormant viruses all through the treatment I was having severe side effects. It was push to continue to take the treatment take Tylenol for the unbearable headaches take Zofran for throwing up and diarrhea take Benadryl for the allergic reaction. I was covered from rashes all over my body I should’ve been stopped into this day. I wish I never listen to that doctor , I had a little viral load I was treatment naïve. It has destroyed every inch of me and it did something to my brain that I’ll never be the same again do your research on the drug this information was an out when I was searching for it and it definitely the side effects are not listed on the insert

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And one more thing there’s a site of all of us that are suffering the severe side effects just search it It’s on a lot of the social sites.

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