Incivek Treatment (Page 3)
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I am a 59 caucasian male. Have had Hep C for 30 years. Type 1a and 5-million viral load. Will begin triple therapy in two weeks (Incivek/Peg and RIBA). Waiting for agency to work out insurance, nursing care, education arrangements and all that. Should take first injection and beging orals around October 1. Any advice on how to prepare, what to expect, how to manage and cope and just to make my tx overall successful and as comfortable as possible. I will provide weekly updates for everyone to follow once I start. Good luck to everyone.
I am a 56 Caucasian male.Probably Have had Hep C for 37 years.I am stage 3 Geno type 1a . I am finishing my 7 th week of the Incivek/Peg and RIBA. I guess my biggest fear was would I be able to do the injection, then I did it and wondered why nobody mentioned you feel nothing, I thought I missed my self. Let the alcohol dry and let the syringe warm up, other wise a small sting from the alcohol and slight burn from the cold drug.That worry was a waste of time. You might study on Citrucel for keeping your fiber up to head off constipation ,which causes hemorrhoids, just don't let it get started. Your rectum will have a feel of I eat to many peppers most of the time when you have a bowel movements and it will be a must you wash that area good every time to get all the bile or stomach acid off that area then use a hemorrhoid cream to head off the anal itching from the drugs or Bile ??,compares to athletes foot just don't let the hemorrhoids get started and this will be very manageable and tolerable,I had to do it the hard way, I wished the two educational classes I attended would have offered this info. You have to eat 20 grams of fat food 30 minutes before every Incivek dose (every 8hr) , this will increase the uptake of the drug by 250% , Google foods high in fat, warmed whole milk (7 grams per cup) has been my way out for the bad days you could go either way, 1/4 cup walnuts (23 grams fat) go down easy,18 cashews 20 grams .I measure and pre pack in baggies .I am not a pop drinker but found it to help me belch which was a problem .I have been lucky with no rashes, but my first 5 injection sites got red around 6 inch , no itch or pain . Make sure your hands are dry when you handle the incivek as they start to dissolve at the first drop of water, the coating is not what you would expect from a $48000 drug. But it did put me at almost zero in 4 weeks, Again thank you Incivek/Peg and RIBA, I had to learn how to belly breath, I got to were I was to lazy to exhale completely so there was no room for fresh air so I complained I was having trouble breathing. Many good videos about belly breathing on google. They gave me a bottle of Zanax and taught me to breath, never have taken the zanax. Not knowing was the worse part, You have taken pills before, the injection is nothing , you have had the flu before , There is 24/7 numbers to nurses from your pharmacy and Incivek and genatec they are Hep C nurses , You are never alone unless you want to be through this treatment.
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