MamaLama, she is o.k. now...the journey for her has not quite started yet... Besides, her nurse told her that she has cirrhosis (she didn't know previously). She is a bit depressed coz she hasn't...
PPM guy, thank you for the encouraging news. Was there anything that you had done that may help to make this miracle happen? e.g., exercise, drink coffee, oxygen, ......
After a long long wait, my mom's medication will finally arrive this Friday and she will start her 12 week Harvoni+Rib treatments. Yay!...
Hi just wondering if anyone got approval of the drugs via EAP program already? We live in ontario...the wait is so long for us!...
they put my mom's name around that time too but Ontario government was funding the drug starting end of March so dr said company for sure won't cover it...now I am desperately waiting for the...
Hi Deb, may I know when you applied the manufacturer compassionate program?...
Hi HepC&Cirrhosis, may i ask why you were prescribed Harvoni+Ribavirin? The standard trt is just Harvoni alone or Sovaldi+Ribavirin, isn't it? ...
PPM guy, can you let me know where you saw this stats? Also, the 100% cure rate is Harvoni+RBV not Sovaldi+RBV...
Hi GetCured, I too was very shocked this morning when i heard the news when we were so certain she's only gt1b, I was going to challenge her doc but didn't think that's a good idea. I guess only...
Thank you for taking time replying, Themiz! She will see her doc this Friday, will keep you posted. ...
Hi PPM guy, Thank you for the reply. We are not sure how many weeks of Harvoni my mom should get, likely we have to pay out of pocket so we are hoping 12 weeks. Since part of harvoni is sovaldi, i...
I posted a while ago asking for info about abbvie viekera pak for my mom...now things got a new twist, her doc said she's a mixed genotypes 1b and 3 (she was originally diagnosed geno 1b and abbvie...
Thank you PPM guy. She is likely geno 1b not confirm yet. She did fibroscan (not sure if this is the right word) and dr said she has pretty hard liver (i assume that's cirrhosis?). She did abdomen...
Hello I am new member here. My mom diagnosed Hep C more than 10 yrs ago...she contacted the virus through blood transfusion in 1982...Abbvie is one of the options for her but her platelet counts are...