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spike in viral load

I am a U.S. Veteran. On March 17, 2011 I started treatment for Hep c in a clinical trial study sponsored by Roche through the Bronx, NY VA Hospital. At the baseline treatment on March 17, 2011 they initially took blood samples. The clinical trial doctor told me that my viral load for the March 17, 2011 blood samples was 27,000,000. Prior to that my previous lab tests viral load was 5,160,000 on February 17, 2011. Is it normal for a viral load to jump 22,000,000 in approximately one month or is there a possibility of incompetency on the trial doctors behalf. I take the same medication everyday since 2007, Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg once a day and Terazosin 1 mg at bedtime. I am attaching my previous viral load results so you can see the gross difference in the results. I would appreciate any insight you could forward to me.
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Not only is it possible, it's highly likely to change. As desrt mentioned, going from 5 to 27 mill is hardly a blip on the radar bro.

Remember, you have to use the most powerful electron microscopes in the world to see a Hep C virion. You could fit 27 million of them on the head of a pin most likely.

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Even if your viral load had jumped to 50,000,000 or dropped to 500,000, it would still only be about a one log change. Given the accuracy of these tests and normal fluctuations in viral load, it might not be incompetency.
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