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I am Kenneth, Former Marine Recon,last duty station Panama canal, After 1 month of duty my fellow Marines were out for a beer and discussing our assignment duty of search and siezure of narcotics at the height of the Nixon Administration "war on drugs"??? One of the guys mentioned to me that he thought it a little strange between the 10th and 15th ship we got a call from Washington to stand down. We put two and two together a moron could of and filed a complaint with our CO, Our reward we got vaccinated with tainted hepatitis serum the whole platoon hospitalized. Don't let them kid you observation of MD's prescribing practices has nothing to do with the public safety, its about the Illegal distribution of illegal drugs, Forcing our youth and those who cannot find addiquite

Male, age 56 here. I was on the Incivek treatment plan and am here to report that I almost died at 9 weeks of treatment. ## I had the rash start slow, it became worse, and worse. I could not walk, my skin was peeling from my body. I am now scared for life. Don't know what life means anymore. To all be careful, when you start getting real sick they will tell to keep taking it, if T did that I would now be dead. I started taking this in march of 2012. ## Wow! I am so sorry, Joe. That had to be terrifying and I understand the way you feel. However, the good news is that life gets better. While terrifying events that endanger your life can cause confusion and depression, you have to give yourself time to deal with them and come to terms with everything. There is still plenty of meaning ...

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hi everyone , i am suffering from hypothyroidism after treatment of interferon before five month my hepatitis is negative during treatment after 12 week and when i have finished my treatment i am testing after 3 month of treatment its negative by blessing of God,the two side effects appear at the end of treatment one is h . pylori bacterial infection and hypothyroidism with very high range its at 185,my doc give two week treatment of h,plyori infection and start thyroxine medicine for hypothyroidism,i have all the symptom of hypothyroidism present in my body,one big problem before interferon i have lower abdominal pain in my left side and my doc said that ignore this pain its not with hcv , at that time he did not understand the cause of this pain may be this pain is hypothyroidism i ha...

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is it possible that high use of xylometazolin by nasal way increases sgpt? ## No, this medication hasn't been known to cause that, but there's no data on using extreme amounts of it, just with the regularly prescribed doses. However, elevated SGPT usually signifies some type of liver issue, such as an infection, hepatitis, or medication use. What has your doctor said is causing it?

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is it possible that stress may affect sgpt and holesterol only? ## Hello, Laki1958! How are you? No, if SGPT is raised, it is due to something affecting your liver, such as an infection, another medication you're on, hepatitis or etc. And Cholesterol is exactly that, elevated cholesterol levels. Is there anything else I can help with?

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I am suffering from hepatitis B and numbness in my left arm and left foot. I have been seeking for treatment to help me get these diseases/ sicknesses off my body. now someone has just helped me with this somazina 1000 mg to treat these sigknesses, I could like to know if this medicin is helpfulto me. ## Hello, Fallah! How are you? No, I don't think Somazina is going to help. It contains the active ingredient Citicoline, which is actually just a mental alertness aid. Learn more Citicoline details here. What has your doctor advised?

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My brother-in-law has been sufferring from liver cirrhosis for the past two months. Is baraclude used for liver cirrhosis treatment? ## Hello, Madhu! How is he doing? No, Baraclude is an antiviral medication that's most commonly used to treat Hepatitis B. Did his doctor prescribe it?

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I'm taking Victrelis and it makes me sick. Is there anyone that's on this med that really truly takes every pill of it? Cause there are times I just can't do it. Thank you in advance for any feedback! ## Hello, Cupcakes! How are you? If you're having that much trouble sticking with your medication regimen, then you need to let your doctor know, as soon as possible. For severe flu-like symptoms, you could be experiencing a bad reaction that will just continue to get worse. If it's just nausea, then your doctor may be able to provide you with a solution. Have you let your doctor know about this, yet?

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Why can you only take incevek once in a lifetime? ## Hi Sussie, I don't quite understand your question. Could you elaborate? Here's some information regarding Incivek that may be of help to you: ----INDICATIONS AND USAGE--------------------------- INCIVEK is a hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3/4A protease inhibitor indicated, in combination with peginterferon alfa and ribavirin, for the treatment of genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C (CHC) in adult patients with compensated liver disease, including cirrhosis, who are treatment-naïve or who have been previously treated with interferon-based treatment, including prior null responders, partial responders, and relapsers. (1) • INCIVEK must not be used as monotherapy and must only be used in combination with peginterferon alfa and r...

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indication and its side effects ## I believe this med is manufactured in the philippines (could be wrong), and is used to treat hepatitis B. Is that where you obtained it from? ## Here are the preliminary details which I was able to locate. Godex is reported to contain: Carnitine orotate 150 mg Pyridoxine HCl 25 mg Cyanocobalamin 125 mcg Hepatic extract antitoxic fraction 12.5 mg Adenine HCl 2.5 mg Riboflavin 500 mcg and is indicated for acute & chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, drug-induced hepatitis, general & alcoholic intoxication, fatty liver, mitochondrial dysfunctions. The classification of this drug relates to liver therapy. [1] I hope this helps! References: [1] ## i think Godex and dtoxi are the same. theyre all for curing liver dysfunction. so it means if your liver cure...

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a liver medicine ## need general information on Godex medicine, please ## I believe this med is manufactured in the philippines (could be wrong), and is used to treat hepatitis B. ## Here are the preliminary details which I was able to locate. Godex is reported to contain: Carnitine orotate 150 mg Pyridoxine HCl 25 mg Cyanocobalamin 125 mcg Hepatic extract antitoxic fraction 12.5 mg Adenine HCl 2.5 mg Riboflavin 500 mcg and is indicated for acute & chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, drug-induced hepatitis, general & alcoholic intoxication, fatty liver, mitochondrial dysfunctions. The classification of this drug relates to liver therapy. [1] I hope this helps! References: [1] ## Godex capsules is manufacted in Korea and used to treat Fatty Liver Disease. Carnitine orotate 150 mg Pyri...

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i am suffring from tb AND THEN DOCTOR prescribed to use ATK-4 after two weeks i felt fever then docotor suggested for SGOT(=93), SGPT(=63), then docotor told me to stop atk4 intead i am using some other medicine is it ok or when should i start atk4 again?

has anyone had a cure result six post treatment. i find out in two weeks and i cannot find any site that the great cure results. should i expect another big fat sorry charlie, try again. ## Hello, If you're interested, here is a link to a thread where people in the community share their experiences with Incivek treatment. Discuss/Incivek-Treatment-222801.htm I hope you will be able to find some positive feedback! Everyone is different, so even if this treatment doesn't work out for others, that doesn't mean it won't work for you! I hope this helps. :)

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Has anyone heard if you have had a liver transplant not to take this medicine? My brother had a liver transplant in Dec. 2011. They wanted to wait a year before treating the Hep C. He was doing great up until August of 2012 and then he started getting sick again. We are just waiting for him to be approved for the meds but I guess I really want to know is if anyone has heard of the drug not being approved for someone who has had a liver transplant. To all of you going through this pray you get through this and keep up your fight! ## Hi kelly, According to epocrates.com, those with an organ transplant should use caution before taking Incivek: online.epocrates.com/u/1036085/Incivek/Contraindications+Cautions However I haven't come across any interactions in my research that might expla...

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Has anyone heard if you have had a liver transplant not to take this medicine? My brother had a liver transplant in Dec. 2011. They wanted to wait a year before treating the Hep C. He was doing great up until August of 2012 and then he started getting sick again. We are just waiting for him to be approved for the meds but I guess I really want to know is if anyone has heard of the drug not being approved for someone who has had a liver transplant. To all of you going through this pray you get through this and keep up your fight!

just started triple therapy with peginterferon ribavirin and victrelis been on victrelis for 8 days now and am so sick with nasuea and vomitting is this normal? i am new to treatment and any feedback would really help ## Nausea and Vomiting happen to be the first two side effects listed under Victrelis (Boceprevir): nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a611039.html#side-effects In all honesty I would consider talking to your doctor about taking a more natural approach to hepatitis C. NaturalNews has an excellent article (linked below) on alternative therapy that works without having to experience such nasty side effects: naturalnews.com/032061_bioflavonoids_hepatitis_C.html I hope this helps!

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Just started triple tx on nov 5, 2012. Two weeks test shows platelet count dropped from 149 to 109. Doc said we'll watch it . Is this normal? ## I started the triple therapy on 9/21/12 and my platelets were low even before I started (140). I am week 10 and my platelet count is 53. What almost stopped me (other the side effects) was my WBC which fell to 2. Here is my story, I have has HepC for 25 years and have been through two other treatments. First the Interferon, nothing. Then, in 2003, the Pegasys with Ribroviran. My viral load went undetectable after a month but came back making me a relapse patient. Now on the triple death therapy I am virus free after week 8 but I am not celebrating yet. When I started in September I had no side effects until week four. Then the hemmoroids ca...

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Farman Mamedov ## I'm sorry, but that is not enough information for me to tell you anything about the medication. Are there any markings on the capsule? Do you know what the name of it is? There are many medications on the market that are used to treat Hepatitis C, some of them are even specific to certain countries. Where are you located? ## I'm In Egypt and we got the same product by the name Blue Green - Alfa Fort ITALY (Capsules) - Alga Kamath

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What is the generic name of Godex? Also, how does it work, what are the contraindications, adverse effects, any drug interactions, etc? Lastly, what are the nursing responsibilities in administering Godex? ## none so far ## Several people have asked about this recently and I can't find much information on it. Do you know what country it is used in? ## Here are the details which I was able to locate. Godex is reported to contain: Carnitine orotate 150 mg Pyridoxine HCl 25 mg Cyanocobalamin 125 mcg Hepatic extract antitoxic fraction 12.5 mg Adenine HCl 2.5 mg Riboflavin 500 mcg and is indicated for acute & chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, drug-induced hepatitis, general & alcoholic intoxication, fatty liver, mitochondrial dysfunctions. The classification of this drug relates to l...

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Can you drink whole milk before you take incivek? ## Incivek has to be taken with fat, to improve absorption in the body, so it has the most beneficial effect, so yes, even taking it with the milk, rather than water would be a great idea. Learn more Incivek details here. Are there any other questions or comments?

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