We've been listening to a lot of Dylan around here lately, and my
husband has noticed (I still don't notice much on my own yet)
that the name "Maggie" comes up in several of his songs.   Anyone
know if Maggie was someone in his life (and/or who)?

I wonder why the US hasn't done this?
Peace & SVR,
BrianD
NATAP http://natap.org/

Hi, I have a friend who has been in hep-c treatment for the most of 3
years. For all this time his medicine has been about the same.  I dont
know the doses of the intergen, but it is 2 shots, am / pm.  And at
least 800mg of ribasphere am/pm.  His regular MD thinks there is

I will be hitting 8 weeks Friday and you guys have been telling me
that most doctors
check the SVR at 12 and make a decision to continue or not at that
point.

I know some OTC pain relievers (Tylenol I think) are hard on the liver. What
is the strongest liver-friendly OTC pain reliever.
John Mc

Tried the alternatives for 5 years.
Took all the suggested herbs in "Loyd Wright's" book except frozen
thymus which I could not afford.
Took "Maximum Milk Thistle" and tried the Chinese herbs ( "Nu-Liver" )

A friend just told me about his medical condition, and I'd like to get some
opinions on this:
He was born with Hep C, (he's about 30 now)  his "count" is in the sixes,
where a one point something is considered high.  I asked him what this count

Hi all.  This is interesting imo.  Vertex will annouce some new results
next month at a meeting in Barcelona. The results will be about a study
arm of twenty people who started out being treated with Ifn and Riba plus
VX950 for 12 weeks, then stopped and got their PCR 12 weeks later ...

In case you are not currently on hep C treatment:
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/hepc/hepatitis_c/pdf/nutritionCareGuidelines/
cactus jammies

Just a quick post to let everyone know that the first 24 hours have
gone very well.  I fell pretty good.  I am very grateful for all the
support here.  I will keep you all up to date.  Thanks again for all
of the feedback.  Katie

new MEDICAL BOOK. TITLE : "the HEALING - CURATIVE MINERAL HOT SPRINGS,
in GREECE". and Judgment of the European Court. Expenditure in
connection with a health cure taken in another Member State
illustrated, 150 pages, in ENGLISH and GREEK languages.

Hi I'm the guy who did the Class of 2007 post, so some of you heard
from me before.  I'm a 34 year old male with Hep C Genotype 1.  Today
I found out that I will be stopping my treatment because I did not
clear the virus by week 25 (it's supposed to be by week 24 I know but

Many of you already know my story through posts over the years from my
mom.  Everyone has been very helpful to her and I figured that since I
am starting treatment tomorrow it is a good time for me to join too.
For those who don't know...I found out that I had hep c about 5 years

http://www.healthyhepper.com/naomi/naomi.htm
I have clipped sections of an article about Naomi Judd's Program
written by AlternativeMedicine.com. I have added my own comments and

http://www.hepatitiscfree.com/interferon.html
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