anybody know if Vicodin has an negative interactions with tx?
TC

http://www.kare11.com/news/ts_article.aspx?storyid=501941
It was an interview Dr. Samuel Carlson hoped he'd never have to give:
an acknowledgement that his medical staff at Methodist Hospital made
an unthinkable mistake - removing a healthy kidney from a patient

March 17, 2008
Abandoning 3 Vices to Live Long with HCV
http://www.hepatitis-central.com/mt/archives/2008/03/abandoning_3_vi.html
All smoking and fat food.  Another reason to get treatment.

My first batch of meds is waiting at the pharmacy.  I am a little
nervous after hearing all the horror stories about tx, but I am sick
of being tired,  guess it's time to bite the bullet,  and I feel like
fighting, can't wait to get the riba rage!

I was diagnosed with Hep C 12 years ago, not sure when I got infected
but my best guess is about 23 years ago, I have type 1 unfortunately
which means I'm on the 48 week tx.  I'm living in Aberdeen in Scotland
and been treated by the NHS and so far they have been excellent, very

Hello to All and Welcome to the New Members!
I had an early PCR again because recovery is slow for me, but NP &
doctors say I was on treatment a long time and I need to give myself
almost half as long to recover.

http://mp.medscape.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/hBiXQ0LsXoc0Dz70JHXB0EP
woe is me. Can't a woman have any vices???
mercy

Getting ready for micro-dragon war soon with biopsy on March 10th.
Type hcv-1b  and positive for hbv antibodies age (almost 62) ALT 106 & SGOT
51 (2.8 million virus copies)
All other blood work excellent and Doc says that I shouldn't have extensive

March 25th I am beginning the attack for the mini dragon war.
Starting without biopsy with hcv-1-b.
I'll post updates good-bad (hope for good).
I walk or ride bike 8 miles per day, hope to continue but time will tell.

Slow Growth Seen in Hepatitis C Market
Jefferies Sees Slower Than Expected Growth in the Hepatitis C Drug
Market
February 28, 2008: 01:18 PM EST

Here my situation: I'm genotype 1 & started tx on 09-28-07. I became
undetectable after almost exactly 5 months of tx with Pegasys +
Ribavirin. My doctor is encouraging me to stay on tx for 72 rather
than 48 weeks; he believes that if I were to stop after 48 weeks my

Well I got a call from the dr. who left a msg., said the results of my
biopsy showed: "chronic-c with minimal active grade 1, no-fibrosis"
whatever the hell that means.
tc

Liver Histology Changes in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis after One Year
of Treatment with Probucol. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
Dig Dis Sci 2007 Nov 30.
Merat S, Aduli M, Kazemi R, Sotoudeh M, Sedighi N, Sohrabi M,

 Every year I get a cold around Txsgiving, this year was no
different, but by Xmas I was still tired, and went to the dr. who gave
me antibiotics, after my symptoms were not reduced after 30 days and 3
different antibiotics he tested for hep-c and bingo.  But besides

Nev. Clinic Creates Hepatitis C Scare
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A clinic may have infected a handful of patients with
hepatitis C -- but about 40,000 more should be tested for that virus,
as well as for HIV, health officials said Wednesday.