The Return of Hep C

[punkiling]

I underwent the full 48 week treatment of interferon plus ribavirin.  Side effects were horrible and forced me to take a leave from work for 6 months.  6 weeks after completion of treatment, Hep C has returned.  I have been researching other avenues of treatment but haven't been very successful.  Does anyone know of any other treatments, studies, clinical trials, or anything else that I might be able to use?

As bad as my side effects were, I am willing to go through them again just to rid myself of this deadly virus.

Thanks to all of you

[portann]

Such really tough news about your relapse but it's a relatively 'better' time for this huge disappointment than even one year ago, due to the promise of combos that will improve your chances so much.

Check out this thread, if you need a fix of optimism about how close things are for better protocols:

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/Docs-to-script-3x-tx-to-90/show/1267338

What was your liver damage going into treatment?

[frijole]

So sorry about your relapse.  I hope you are at least recovering from treatment.  What was the damage to your liver before you treated?  Perhaps you can wait until new drugs hit the market.  Treatment will not feel and better, but at least you may have a better chance of clearing.  When was your first UND and what was the sensitivity of the test?

frijole

[banarep]

there are new drugs coming out sometime next year.  take care of yourself till then with diet, etc and go again.  took me three tries.

[mike716]

While you are waiting to Tx again or to try the triple-therapy, you might want to think about trying to hold the fibrosis back as far as possible with adjunctive/alternative medicines. Myself and others here in the forum have had some success in this. Some have even cured HCV with a combination of SOC and alternative medicines when SOC alone didn't work. If the idea interests you, you can search the forum with key words like "alternative meds", "supplements", "nutrients", and the like.

Mike

[spectda]

I am very sorry to hear of your relapse, I am sure it is very difficult for you. Do you have any fibrosis or cirrhosis? I hope you have time until the new drugs come out or you find a study.
Good luck,
Dave

[Magnum]

Although ther are trials going, most are filled and near the end of trials for the new drugs, but you can check here:

http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/

If you can, best to wait for the Protease Inhibitor drugs coming out 2011. This will be a triple therapy (three drugs) with a much better chance of clearing... Good luck...

Magnum