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Sovaldi And Elder Patients
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Medical specialist has prescribed Sovaldi 400 mg and robavirin 400 mg for treatment of a very weak 80 year old patient suffering with HCV (3a). The patient who is underweight, i.e 26kg, has count of 7600000, as per USG, there is a simple cyst in one of the kidneys, kidneys has shrunken, gall stone of 20mm, creatinine level is above normal, i.e 1.5mg/dl, TLC count also does not go above 4500, SGOT/SGPT ranges between 70/65 to 115/105 from time to time. The patient was initially started with sovaldi 200 mg + riba 200mg, first day no side effect but second complains about mild to moderate side effects like blurred vision and eye pain, headache, piles problem etc. BP and pulse rate are normal. Is it desirable to continue treatment of this patient with sovaldi + ribavirin under these conditions?
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A friend has hcv geno 3, viral load 14000000, is 64 yrs old; a babyboomer who grew up in the 70s ect, now has been diagnosed with copd. He doesn't feel sick from hcv. His fibroscan is 6.9. I don't know if doing hcv treatment will help? Any ideas are appreciated. Thanks.
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