side effects, detox, master cleanse

[cuernodechivo]

greetings,
I've been very lucky in many ways - I found out I had hep C type 3 within 3 or four months of contracting it, only did 3 months of treatment with Ribavirin, pegelated interferon, and probably inhibitex.  I only had it for a year and only had stage 1 damage. I have had two extreme depressive episodes in my life pretreatment, but had no depression during the treatment or since.  I'm at six months out, no detectable virus for 8 months.  The worst of the side effects I had during the treatment (weakness, terrible skin problems, especially the skin on my hands, pain in skin and back) went away within two days of quitting Ribavirin.  

Since stopping the treatment, I've had three dead hair follicles in my mustache.  At six weeks after treatment I began having nerve pain in my hands and feet, especially when stretching, and my arms had been falling asleep.  I did a master cleanse fast for 10 days and stopped having the nerve problems, but now at six months out in hurts to breathe from my bronchi to my voice box.  I'm now also having unexplainable pain in my shoulder and my arm is falling asleep again.  

These are not problems I've ever had before.  Has anyone else had similar problems?  I'm planning on doing another longer fast to try to get any of this out my system that might still be there.  I've done the master cleanse several times before and noticed tremendous positive detox effects after only a few days, but not this last time.  Only very subtle health improvements, other than the nerve pain going away.  Typically after a master cleanse I notice marked improvement in vision, sense of smell, taste, hearing, reflexes, and overall energy and mood after only a few days.

Has anyone tried to chelate out interferon or something similar? I should mention that I'm not a hippie and I don't take antidepressants.  Any ideas on detoxing?  

Cheers
el Cuerno de Chivo

[namaste2]

Hi, Look into Vitamin C in high doses. I recommend the vitamin c foundation as it's the purest form and not derived from corn. I have neuropathy as well that is only helped through cleansing but have yet to find a permanent solution. Best of luck

[Dee1956]

I have read in the interferon literature that it can cause lung problems,if you can look over the page of warnings to see if you are experiencing any of that.
I am surprised you had any damage if you only had it for a short time
My best to you
D

[cuernodechivo]

that's right, INX-189.  This was a study with an 80% likelihood of taking INX-189 with Ribavirin and Peg Interferon.  I'm pretty sure I got the Inhibitex too, but I don't know what the dosage was.

[Idyllic]

By "inhibitex" do you mean INX-189? Not detectable for 8 months is good. Congratulations for that. I am sorry you are not feeling well, hopefully you will feel better as time progresses.