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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Hepatitis / January 2007Quant count
One more question for my friends. His quant count is 900,000. How does this compare with everyone else count? He tried treatment once but could not go the entire year due to the negative side effects. Quant count Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Sat, Jan 6, 2007, 7:27am (CST-2) From: kilowatt@charter.net (Terry) One more question for my friends. His quant count is 900,000. How does this compare with everyone else count? He tried treatment once but could not go the entire year due to the negative side effects. //////////// That is a relatively low viral load for someone not on tx. Anything under 2,000,000 is considered 'low' range. Which tx regimen did he stop because he couldn't handle the sides? Was it the old 3 times a week shots of Intron and ribavirin or did he do weekly shots of peglyated interferon? I did both types and found that the peglyated version was easier on the sides than the 3 times a week shots. It wasn't so much of a roller-coaster ride. Also, did his doc take a proactive roll in combating side effects such as depression and anemia? Was his doc monitoring his thyroid on a regular basis? Having the right doctor that aggressively manages side effects can mean the difference between staying on tx, without dose reduction, and not being able to finish. elmo http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum >Quant count > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >able to finish. >elmo Sorry, but I don't know much of his details. I tried giving the link to his wife. If she can navigate here, then maybe she will chime in. I emailed her the link to this message. I am pretty sure she will at least read this. Time will tell if she wants to test the waters. I never thought much about dose reduction. I guess that would be better than quitting. I haven't talked to many people that have tried this. Re: Quant count Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Sun, Jan 7, 2007, 6:27pm (CST+1) From: Kilowatt@charter.net (Terry) Quant count Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Sat, Jan 6, 2007, 7:27am (CST-2) From: kilowatt@charter.net (Terry) One more question for my friends. His quant count is 900,000. How does this compare with everyone else count? He tried treatment once but could not go the entire year due to the negative side effects. //////////// That is a relatively low viral load for someone not on tx. Anything under 2,000,000 is considered 'low' range. Which tx regimen did he stop because he couldn't handle the sides? Was it the old 3 times a week shots of Intron and ribavirin or did he do weekly shots of peglyated interferon? I did both types and found that the peglyated version was easier on the sides than the 3 times a week shots. It wasn't so much of a roller-coaster ride. Also, did his doc take a proactive roll in combating side effects such as depression and anemia? Was his doc monitoring his thyroid on a regular basis? Having the right doctor that aggressively manages side effects can mean the difference between staying on tx, without dose reduction, and not being able to finish. elmo Sorry, but I don't know much of his details. I tried giving the link to his wife. If she can navigate here, then maybe she will chime in. I emailed her the link to this message. I am pretty sure she will at least read this. Time will tell if she wants to test the waters. I never thought much about dose reduction. I guess that would be better than quitting. I haven't talked to many people that have tried this. ////////// Dose reduction should be the last resort before quitting altogether. In many cases, dose reduction is a formula for tx failure, particularly before the virus becomes 'undetectable'. If your friend can't navigate her way here, I'd be happy to field her questions thru email. elmo http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum Mine was 10.8 million at the beginning of my 48 week tx. At 12 weeks I was undetectable. I was also undetectable througout the tx. I was tested more than once due to another med that I was taking. So 900k isn't that bad. I think that is considered pretty low. -Puckertoe > One more question for my friends. His quant count is 900,000. How > does this compare with everyone else count? > > He tried treatment once but could not go the entire year due to the > negative side effects. PT, your viral load was pretty close to the cut-off for what is considered 'mid-range', which is 10 million. Anything above that is 'high'. You were among the fortunate, starting out with a high viral load and type 1. I'm betting you get your SVR, bud. Glad I don't have to put a boot in your a.s anymore. ahahahahahahahahaha!!!!! elmo //////////// Mine was 10.8 million at the beginning of my 48 week tx. At 12 weeks I was undetectable. I was also undetectable througout the tx. I was tested more than once due to another med that I was taking. So 900k isn't that bad. I think that is considered pretty low. -Puckertoe "Terry" <kilowatt@charter.net> wrote in message news:1168097250.567927.277800@11g2000cwr.googlegroups.com... One more question for my friends. His quant count is 900,000. How does this compare with everyone else count? He tried treatment once but could not go the entire year due to the negative side effects. http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum I'm actually a genotype 2. My last tx was daft due to some dosage issues. That's the primary reason I failed the first time. (At least I'm sure that's why I failed) I sure do hope that you're right elmo. > PT, your viral load was pretty close to the cut-off for what is > considered 'mid-range', which is 10 million. Anything above that is [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum I sure do hope that you're right elmo. /////// I'm never wrong, PT. ahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! elmo http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum > One more question for my friends. His quant count is 900,000. How > does this compare with everyone else count? > > He tried treatment once but could not go the entire year due to the > negative side effects. Terry - Mine count was 2,710,000 when I started. It went down to 1130 after 3 months of treatment and then none detected when I was retested at 6 months. Some people go to none detected much quicker than I did, but so far, it's stayed that way. The sides are a bitch, but with support, there are ways to cope. I was lucky and didn't have to work full time. I cut back to 4 six hour days. Luckily I still have paid sick time, so I didn't have to worry so much financially about not working and I could just take care of myself and rest during treatment. I think that helped alot. If I would've had to work full time during the treatment, I don't think it would've been as manageable. The exhaustion was overwhelming. Good luck to your friend! Di >One more question for my friends. His quant count is 900,000. How >does this compare with everyone else count? > >He tried treatment once but could not go the entire year due to the >negative side effects. I agree with elmo and 'Toe, 900K (whether copies or IU) is pretty low. I hit 7 million the week before starting therapy... Cheers /greyhackles |
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