Guest guest Posted July 13, 2003 Report Share Posted July 13, 2003 Pam, It's the Ribavirin. It will 1) cause terrible shortness of breath, and 2) cause all sorts of aches and pains. I didn't have the breathing problems on the Interferon alone. I sometimes felt like I was having a heart attack. The Riba is very hard on the body, worse than the Interferon. It will cause breathing problems. I used to have to sit halfway up our stairs in the house and rest for a good 10 minutes before I could make the rest of the climb. Needless to say, once I was downstairs, I stayed downstairs. Be sure you tell your Dr about this so he is aware of what is going on ok? LeighAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2003 Report Share Posted July 13, 2003 Pam, Your Dr. needs to be aware of these side effects. My dr. gave me his business e-mail so I could keep in touch with him between visits. Many people find keeping a side effects diary is useful. Some sides come and go and are forgotten before the next dr. visit. I wrote new or bad sides on the calender in my bedroom and made notes the morning of my appointments. Hope you can find something that will help so you can stay on treatment. Glenn > Pam, > > It's the Ribavirin. It will 1) cause terrible shortness of breath, > and 2) cause all sorts of aches and pains. I didn't have the > breathing problems on the Interferon alone. > > I sometimes felt like I was having a heart attack. The Riba is very > hard on the body, worse than the Interferon. It will cause breathing > problems. I used to have to sit halfway up our stairs in the house > and rest for a good 10 minutes before I could make the rest of the > climb. Needless to say, once I was downstairs, I stayed downstairs. > > Be sure you tell your Dr about this so he is aware of what is going > on ok? > > LeighAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 2003 Report Share Posted July 14, 2003 Pam is the pain on the liver side just below the bottom rib, about half way from your belly button to the side. I don't know why but for some reason lots o' HCV folks, myself included, get gallbladder problems. Mine used to be so bad I'd go to the ER and they would give me morphine, no questions asked. It is undescribable. If I had the choice I would rather get stabbed in the stomach again, rather than going through that pain. It could be the liver or pancreas also. Bottom line, get it checked out. When I went to get my gall bladder removed I had pancreatitis too, so I had to go an extra week, prisoner of the wing nurses from hell! food through a tube also. One night I snuck out and , you have to picture this, I'm in my gowns, with a black leather motorcycle jacket on, those stupid slipper sock thingys they give you, and the stand with the IV bag attached, sneeking across this busy street so I could buy a cigar. BAD! BAD! I was offering the nurses $20 for the first one to bring me a chicken leg to eat after about 5 days! > Hi > > It's starts about 3 or 4 o'clock every day for the last 3 days. My > temp jumps up to around a 100 and ribs start to hurt . During the day > I get out of breath easily. Last night I had the heating pad on my > rib cage(it hurt so badly) and breathing was a little difficult. Has > anyone have this problem while on tx. This is my 3rd. > week......Thanks Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 See that is waht scares me is the heart thing!!!!!!!!!!!!! OK I am going to RA doc tuesday so I will be discussing this with him for sure Loucretia alanwtipton <alanwtipton@...> wrote: Hello All. About ten years ago I was driving a Patrol car as I was a Deputy Sheriff in New York. I had pain in the chest and ribs to the point that I thought I was having a heart attack. I drove myself to the hospital. No attack, it was Fibromyalgia/athritis. They did tests though and found I was blocked 70 percent. This was not enough to cause pain, but I had angioplasty. Still open and clear today. I am getting along as I retired and I now live in Las Vegas. Good weather for lowering the pain. I just went on Acid/b6/b12/ tonight after reading about it here. Will let you know how I feel in a few days Merry Christmas Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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