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Boceprevir Pill Taking Tip

If you want to avoid the awful taste of they monster blue pills,what i do it eat always eat the pills first ,then the food....if i eat the pills on top of the food it seems like they get stuck in m food esophagas.....
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take it with a glass of whole milk. it is the only thing that worked for the BIG, BITTER telaprevir pills. You think it should work for Bocep?
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More than likely...otherwise it would be a dead give away...proberly the bad taste is not the boceprevir at all...
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9648 tn?1290091207
What about the nasty flavor? Do you think that would be in the placebo too? That's what I keep wondering . . .
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Wanna hear something scary?....if i am in arm 1...and i cleared by week 12,,,which i did...i will continue on for 48 weeks without the boceprevir...just praying that is was the BOC that cleared me and not the SOC...odds are very high tho im not in arm 1...BUT...there is still that chance,,,SCARY
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9648 tn?1290091207
Darlin', you'd need a head transplant after . . .
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Im not saying drug takn is good...but can you imagine snorting these things?...id need a nose transplant after
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9648 tn?1290091207
I just figured out this yesterday. It's like you gotta bury them. ;)
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this happened to me just the other day...i didi my dose on top of a boiled egg and i burped....my eyes almost popped outta my head
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