I got lucky - hepatitis C treatment

Parkerboy

To the extent one can be lucky with hep c. I have been accepted in a long term drug study (3 years) during which I will take three drugs for 12 weeks then follow up. For those in the know this is known as the 3 D drugs by Abbvie. Trials to date show an almost 100% cure rate and the treatment is free to me including all tests, drugs, dr visits, and I am compensated for driving, parking etc.

Feeling lucky today.

rock_fish

Keep your tallywhacker in your pants

jad1097

:funnypost:applause

HomerSimpson

are you in a blind study or is it to verify side effects? (meaning do you know for sure you're getting the drug?)

Parkerboy

Yes, I know for sure. The drugs have already been through three trials and show between 96-99.5% cure rate. I am taking them and the study I am enrolled in is a long term tracking of the results. I'm told the drugs are scheduled to be released to the public next month.

Parkerboy

rock_fish wrote: »

Keep your tallywhacker in your pants

Nothing to do with the tallywhacker.

reel stamas

I'm happy for you... That's a terrible disease... Good Luck & I hope the Side Effects aren't too bad...

cpr

:thumbsup

MRichardson

Knew a utility pipe installer that worked on sewage lines.
Would work all day getting his hands in that mess and putting
in a dip with the same hands. He contracted Hep C.
It was the least of his problems though.

MRichardson

Now that I think about it, that was his story.
Coulda also been one of them crack **** he
was seein.

MRichardson

He brought one named "Precious" to the company
xmas party. She was about 6'5", black as night
and had a long blonde wig. Tats on her neck, her name
across her chest but you could hardly read it due to lack
of contrast. Might of been her.

Had friend who had a pontoon boat up in Niceville, FL named
the Hep Sea. Cause all the activity that took place on it.
That's another thread though. Think I caught a staph infection
on it once, but never anything serious.

Anyway, that's great news on the Hep C treatment. Hope it
works, long past time we find a way to get rid of that.

Chuckc

Thanks a lot for perpetuating the stigma associated with Hep C. It's not enough to have an insidious disease that may well have been contracted via tainted blood or blood products I guess.

Best of luck to you PB. The new treatments are miles ahead of the 48 weeks of Interferon injections and Ribavirin my wife dealt with 10 years ago. Thankfully she was able to tolerate the side effects and responded well and remains virus free to this day.

coldair

I got a when I was stuck with a dirty needle in an ER by a stupid nurse that reused a needle on me and a traffic accident victim

Lobstercatcher229

Some of those new hepatitis C drugs can be terribly expensive. I am glad that you don't have to pay for them and I wish you the best on the treatment. It is cool that a once difficult to treat disease is getting to be treatable, though expensive to treat.

Baits Out

:crossed

Hoping it continues to be a good fix.