Guest guest Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 Hi all, When I started my treatment on 12/6, I asked my Dr about Pegysis and was told it was not available yet. I have since learned otherwise. My question is, can I change my treatment mid stream? I am genotype 3a, so maybe I do not need to be concerned about changing as I understand PegIntron seems to work well with 3a. I would sure love some input here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 , Pegasys is showing slightly better response rates than Pegintron, but the big plus for Pegasys is milder side effects. Glenn -- In Hepatitis C , dmmsam2@a... wrote: > Hi all, > > When I started my treatment on 12/6, I asked my Dr about Pegysis and was told > it was not available yet. I have since learned otherwise. My question is, > can I change my treatment mid stream? I am genotype 3a, so maybe I do not > need to be concerned about changing as I understand PegIntron seems to work > well with 3a. > > I would sure love some input here. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 In a message dated 1/28/03 7:43:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, no_reply writes: > I don't know anyone who has actually changed from PegIntron to > Pegasys in the middle of treatment. With your Genotype, I doubt it > will matter either way which drug you use. You have a great genotype > and should do very well on the PegIntron. Thanks LeighAnn, One thing about PegIntron is that Shering (sp?) provides wonderful support with its In Charge program. I have spoken with the nurses a couple of times and they are helpful. (Of course they could not answer the question re Pegasys LOL). Hugs, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 Hi , I don't know anyone who has actually changed from PegIntron to Pegasys in the middle of treatment. With your Genotype, I doubt it will matter either way which drug you use. You have a great genotype and should do very well on the PegIntron. LeighAnn http://www.geocities.com/1Leighann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 Don't you think you should be talking to a doctor about that?!? Pegysis Hi all, When I started my treatment on 12/6, I asked my Dr about Pegysis and was told it was not available yet. I have since learned otherwise. My question is, can I change my treatment mid stream? I am genotype 3a, so maybe I do not need to be concerned about changing as I understand PegIntron seems to work well with 3a. I would sure love some input here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 Are you a doctor? Re: Pegysis Hi , I don't know anyone who has actually changed from PegIntron to Pegasys in the middle of treatment. With your Genotype, I doubt it will matter either way which drug you use. You have a great genotype and should do very well on the PegIntron. LeighAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2003 Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 In a message dated 1/28/03 8:03:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, michael@... writes: > Don't you think you should be talking to a doctor about that?!? > Well of course I will talk to a doctor about that, I just wanted to know if anyone else knew anything about it. The more information I have the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2003 Report Share Posted January 31, 2003 I changed at week 5 from the PegIntron-Ribavirin combo to Pegasys-Ribaviriin combo without missing a beat. So it must be possible. So far the only benefit as far as sides go is there is no fever like shakes (rigors) the night of the shot and the fever itself seems to be lower. Other than that I still have (in order of severity) the fatigue, depression (medicated), low grade fever and body aches, dry itching skin, and loss of apetite that I had before on PegIntron-Ribavirin combo. Overall though the sides seem lessened and quality of life is a bit better on the Pegasys, I highly recommend it. If for no other reason than the Friday night fever and rigors benefit I recieved . FYI, I happen to be genotype 3a with compensated cirrhosis. regards bc Re: Pegysis > Hi , > > I don't know anyone who has actually changed from PegIntron to > Pegasys in the middle of treatment. With your Genotype, I doubt it > will matter either way which drug you use. You have a great genotype > and should do very well on the PegIntron. > > LeighAnn > http://www.geocities.com/1Leighann > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2003 Report Share Posted February 2, 2003 In a message dated 1/31/03 2:39:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, bcraw@... writes: > I changed at week 5 from the PegIntron-Ribavirin combo to Pegasys-Ribaviriin > combo without missing a beat. So it must be possible. Was this initiated by you or your Doctor? So far the only > benefit as far as sides go is there is no fever like shakes (rigors) the > night of the shot and the fever itself seems to be lower. Other than that I > still have (in order of severity) the fatigue, depression (medicated), low > grade fever and body aches, dry itching skin, and loss of apetite that I had > before on PegIntron-Ribavirin combo. Overall though the sides seem lessened > and quality of life is a bit better on the Pegasys, I highly recommend it. > If for no other reason than the Friday night fever and rigors benefit I > recieved . FYI, I happen to be genotype 3a with Interesting. For me, the sides seem to be worse from the Rebatol, rather than the Interferon, so I guess changing would probably not do much for me. I am seeing my Doctor this Friday, so I will talk to him about it. Thanks for your input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2003 Report Share Posted February 4, 2003 on my doctors orders. i'm 3a and did 6 mos on the Schering-Rib combo then relapsed after 6 weeks. so they wanted me to start asap on the Schering again (5 months off) and the plan was always to switch me to the Roche as soon as it became avail. so, i did about 6 weeks on the Schering-Rib and am in week 18 now, so that's 12 weeks on Roche.-Rib. later, bc Re: Re: Pegysis > In a message dated 1/31/03 2:39:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, > bcraw@... writes: > > > > I changed at week 5 from the PegIntron-Ribavirin combo to Pegasys-Ribaviriin > > combo without missing a beat. So it must be possible. > > Was this initiated by you or your Doctor? > > > So far the only > > > benefit as far as sides go is there is no fever like shakes (rigors) the > > night of the shot and the fever itself seems to be lower. Other than that I > > still have (in order of severity) the fatigue, depression (medicated), low > > grade fever and body aches, dry itching skin, and loss of apetite that I had > > before on PegIntron-Ribavirin combo. Overall though the sides seem lessened > > and quality of life is a bit better on the Pegasys, I highly recommend it. > > If for no other reason than the Friday night fever and rigors benefit I > > recieved . FYI, I happen to be genotype 3a with > > Interesting. For me, the sides seem to be worse from the Rebatol, rather > than the Interferon, so I guess changing would probably not do much for me. > I am seeing my Doctor this Friday, so I will talk to him about it. > > Thanks for your input! > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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