Viral Load

[ralph444]

I started treatment 5 week ago , my baseline viral load was 630,300 . after 4 weeks it was 4,500. I thought that was pretty good, but i just read on the forum that someone was very worried that they would be still detectable after 4 weeks. Is there a pacific time period that they say you are not going to have a successful treatment if you are still detectable? ( I have geno type 2)

[FaithforHealing]

I am a g-2 on SOC and went through exactly what you are going through in terms of finding relevant info to our situations. It took me awhile to figure out that our tx and progress is totally different from the majority on here, so there is very little on here that applies to us.
Can-do-man is the one who set me straight on this and lab tests (I was und at wk 12, not before) verified he knows what he is talking about. (I'm in wk 13 now.)
We are lucky that our tx is less aggressive in the sense of the harsh meds g-1s take, kind of like napalm vs a shotgun, but g-2s have a longer history of eventually and successfully getting there. Not much chatter about g-2s anymore given the awesome new tx for g-1s who finally have as much hope as g-2s have enjoyed. So be careful not to let stuff apply to you when it doesn't.

[ralph444]

Thank you so much for quick reply, I was very concerned and you eased my mind. This forum is great.

[can-do-man]

Since you are a geno type 2, had more then a 2 log drop by week 4 your doing great. your well on your way to being und at week 12 which is what you want. Treatment will be for 24 weeks with a very high success rate.

I think you are reading about geno 1 taking the added PI, a whole different ballgame........... Best to you.