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December 3, 2014- Day 34 (Undetectable!!!!!)

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Kyle Jacobs

Good luck Rose! Please keep us updated on your progress and if you experience any side effects.

January 24, 2015

Rose

Took first pill this morning. Hoping for the best, still working full time.

January 24, 2015

Deborah

So I guess we will all be among the first to see if cure means cure. I see my doc next week for the first results. He originally talked about doing labs every 6 months so I'll ask him to do another at the 3 month point. Good idea!

January 5, 2015

Kyle Jacobs

Deborah, I don't think that you are officially "cured" after 8 weeks of treatment. My doctor told me that he would monitor viral load monthly to ensure that I had a sustained virologic response (SVR) for 12 to 24 weeks. Maintaining an undetectable viral load for the 12 to 24 weeks post treatment would then be an indication that treatment was a success. With that said, he also indicated that based on the data from the clinical trials for Harvoni, if you have become undetectable by the one month mark, then that is a pretty strong indicator that treatment would be successful. This all came up in our discussions about me having another viral load test a few days prior to ending my 8 week treatment plan. He didn't think it was really necessary but did so for my peace of mind and that test at the end of the 8 weeks was also undetectable.

January 5, 2015

Deborah

Has anyone been declared cured after just 8 weeks of treatment? I guess we are part of a limited group since this just came out in October but...

January 3, 2015

RAK

Kyle in response, by way of side effects, just what everyone else has said. I had fatigue starting around 5-6:00 pm, fogginess (can't remember song titles, etc..), hard time sleeping. However, after 5-6 weeks, that all went away. I am in week 8 now and don't have these symptoms any more. Also, it seems that if I drank a lot of water, the symptoms were less pronounced.

January 2, 2015

Kyle Jacobs

Congratulations! Are you experiencing any side effects due to your treatment?

January 2, 2015

RAK

Just got the tests back after 6 weeks on Harvoni. I am Hep C free. Doing another month. Thank you Gilead.

January 2, 2015

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