Re: Pegasys vs Peg-Intron

[Guest guest]

I made it to shot 12 and had to quit. Sleep was a big issue and continues to

be and its been 12 weeks since I quit taking it. I am a g type 3 and a stage

1/1. I was clear when I quit and still clear and my blood work is coming back

better each time. Hopefully it will stay undetectable.

The biggest issue I am dealing with is the aches and pains that have

developed. My primary Dr. is sending me to a rumatologist (Spelling) to try and

figure

out what is going on.

We cannot see the future, we cannot change the past, we can only live in the

now with an eye towards gaining enough power in the future to wreak revenge on

everyone who ever screwed us in the past.

Eddie

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/13/2004 10:29:54 AM Pacific Standard Time,

trendiva008@... writes:

Do many people prefer Pegasys more because it's covered or because it's

better than Peg-Intron. I live in Canada and my mother can get Pegasys for free,

I

think, because here this is still a trial medecine. For the Peg-Intron she has

to pay for it.

My Big Sis has done the Combo and Peg-Intron (each with Schering), and she

was covered 100% for the meds through Schering under the Be In Charge program.

We are currently looking into the program provided by Roche for Pegasys (which

I understand is approved on a patient-by-patient basis). Of the three

programs, we are looking forward to the Pegasys as getting her ... and keeping

her

.... undetectable.

Everyone responds differently, but the reports on Pegasys seem more

hopefully. FYI, the Big Sis (like Eddie) is genotype 3A.

Good luck, whatever you do.

(aka the Little Sis)

[Guest guest]

Got my fingers crossed for you guys. But Damn when they talk about doing

things with the family I think they are probably better thing than doing the tx

as a family.

We cannot see the future, we cannot change the past, we can only live in the

now with an eye towards gaining enough power in the future to wreak revenge on

everyone who ever screwed us in the past.

Eddie

[Guest guest]

God some of the side effects of this stuff is frightening......

Trent Joblin wrote:Eddie,

I started the treatment almost two years ago, but didn't fare too well. I had a

huge anxiety reaction,

claustrophobia, and insomnia from the Peg-Intron, which started right after my

third shot. Needless

to say, I stopped the medication very quickly. It took almost eight months to

be able to sleep

without something to help. The claustrophobia has not faded away completely

yet. It is really

strange. When it first hit, I was getting claustrophobic when the sun went down

- house was too

small.

I am one of the veterans that seem to have gotten the HCV from the air guns in

basic training. No

other place it could have come from. I am a hospital pharmacist, but never a

needle stick or any

other blood exposure.

I am 1A, had this since probably 1976, viral load roughly one million, liver

biopsy was a 1/0 or a 0/1.

My big symptom is fatigue, sometimes crushing fatigue. But, I still work a 40

hour week. Had to

just quit my part-time job because too tired. I am hoping that it was just

winter getting to me. Seems

like the winter here in Utah was never going to end. In the 60's today though.

See ya,

Trent

Re: Pegasys vs Peg-Intron

Trent:

have you done either of the treatments? I did the peg/rib tx. For me it was

like you say it seemed that the peg was working on you for about 4 days and

seemed to just kinda wane down. After the 6th week and the peg had built up in

my system there was no let up in the effects of the peg. Maybe it was just me

but I don't know for sure. I have talked with others that felt the same way.

Hope all is going well for you!

We cannot see the future, we cannot change the past, we can only live in the

now with an eye towards gaining enough power in the future to wreak revenge on

everyone who ever screwed us in the past.

Eddie