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Boceprevir or Telaprevir?
Hi everyone! I haven't been on here in a long time, but I am considering starting treatment now and I have a question. First of all, my doctor recommended Boceprevir over Telaprevir because she says she "thinks" Boceprevir is more effective and reduces Tx time more than Telaprevir does. I know there are a lot of very knowledgable people on here that I can trust so I was wondering what you thought about that. I honestly have not spent a lot of time researching this topic. It does seem as though Telaprevir is more popular for whatever reason though.
Anyways, quick background on me: I was diagnosed 2 years ago with genotype 1a. I've probably had the virus for 7-8 years from IV drug use. I haven't had any labs done in about a year or so, but my VL has always been extremely low, so low once that it was undetectable. The highest it has been is a little over 13,000. I had a biopsy about a year and a half ago (when I was first considereing Tx) which came back great. No fibrosis. Because of that I decided to wait for the new meds to come out.
Anyways, quick background on me: I was diagnosed 2 years ago with genotype 1a. I've probably had the virus for 7-8 years from IV drug use. I haven't had any labs done in about a year or so, but my VL has always been extremely low, so low once that it was undetectable. The highest it has been is a little over 13,000. I had a biopsy about a year and a half ago (when I was first considereing Tx) which came back great. No fibrosis. Because of that I decided to wait for the new meds to come out.
Will, why so combative? Those are the reasons he gave and seemed rationale. Your points don't really counter his thinking.
Not sure I understand your point because chance of success is based on geno type, race. The rapid response suggests the higher SVR %.
I guess whatever one were on is the one were partial to. Myself I did Vic and would do it again over Inc. Why? The side effects without a doubt...
Thanks, lol.
I saw people using it so I started using it because it fits well with what we are talking about, but it sounds odd to me.
I saw people using it so I started using it because it fits well with what we are talking about, but it sounds odd to me.
doable adjective
Definition of DOABLE
capable of being done or carried out <the assignment will be just barely doable in the time allowed
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Definition of DOABLE
capable of being done or carried out <the assignment will be just barely doable in the time allowed
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My comment, " I took Incivek and I would do it again (but only if I had to, lol). " is not very clear. What I mean is, if I had it alll to do over again I would still choose Incivek. Tthe "but only if I had to" part was sort of a joke because obviously I would not take it if I did not have to. No one would.
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