is this rvr

[roscoe1]

Hi, this roscoe. diane started trial drug at a very high viral load, in the high millions. at her week 2 test she was at 7 thousand. her only complaint is fatique and she stays in the bathroom. she just went for her week 4 tests i pray she is undetected. says alt and ast are normal, thyroid is good, platelets not dropped at all. her only thing is rbc's dropped by 1 point, started high normal. whats your opinons? i am awaiting this drug for my own hcv, it seems wonderful. Is this RVR?  thanks

[Rockerforlife]

Bill,i have an extra tele scope if you need it.

[Bill1954]

My apologies; I misread, and then misspoke. Marcia is correct; there isn’t enough data yet to determine RVR status. I have to learn to read the posts more thoroughly,

Bill

[Marcia2202]

Just wanted so add... We don't really know yet if she is RVR, because it doesn't seem you have received the results from her 4 week PCR


If her 4 week PCR comes back UND, she would be considered RVR.

Am crossing my fingers for her.

Marcia

[Bill1954]

Roscoe, this page is worth bookmarking for future reference:

http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Hepatitis/Common-Hepatitis-C-Acronyms/show/3?cid=64

It’s also available at the lower right of this page located in the box “most viewed health pages”.

Bill

[Bill1954]

RVR (Rapid Viral Response) is defined as being undetectable for virus at the four week juncture. So no, a viral load of 7000 would not be considered RVR. However, this is definitely a significant response; and her other labs appear reasonable as well. She wants to closely monitor her hemoglobin as well as absolute neutrofils from here on out; these two values are responsible for many treatment problems.

Good luck—

Bill