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I found out my genotype today it is 1A. Can anyone tell me anything about what that means or any particulars about it?
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1768199 tn?1323617936
I'm also genotype 1a.  Up until the protease inhibitors were approved this year the standard treatment for 1a was pegylated interferon and ribaviron.  This treatment was only effective in ~50% of 1a patients.  Now 1a is treated with a protease inhibitor, pegylated interferon, and ribaviron.  I'm in week 8 and treating with Incivek, Peg, and Ribaviron.  There are a lot of side effects.  

The next thing I'd suggest you do is find out how much liver damage you have with a liver biopsy.  If you don't have much liver damage you could wait for a treatment with fewer side effects.  

Good luck, Sherry
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1747881 tn?1546175878
Being gt1 and just guessing from your post that you are treatment naive you have a 75% chance of achieving SVR with the addition of new drugs telaprevir or boceprevir. Best odds ever for gt 1 patients.
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1253246 tn?1332073310
Geno type 1 is the hardest to treat and the most common in the US.
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