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HCV Advocate Newsletter:
January, 2009

Free Hepatitis C Online Book Updated:

Hepatitis C Choices, 4th Edition

Table of Contents

Individual chapters are available below in PDF format, or you can download the complete book here (9.23MB)

PART 1: Information for Everyone with Hepatitis C

1: How to Use Hepatitis C Choices
(4 pages, 436 KB)

2: Overview of Hepatitis C (8 pages, 470 KB)
Robert G. Gish, MD

3: Alcohol and Hepatitis C (10 pages, 639 KB)
Douglas R. LaBrecque, MD and Lorren Sandt

4: Understanding Hepatitis C Disease

• Section 1: Liver Disease Progression
  (11 pages, 978 KB)
  Lorren Sandt

• Section 2: Promoting Liver Health
  (8 pages, 413 KB)
  Lorren Sandt

5: Signs and Symptoms That May Be Associated with Hepatitis C (8 pages, 385 KB)
Tina M. St. John, MD

6: Laboratory Tests and Procedures
(20 pages, 1.17MB)
Tina M. St. John, MD

7: The Immune System and Hepatitis C

• Section 1: Meet the Immune System
  (10 pages, 580 KB)
  Tina M. St. John, MD

• Section 2: Immunology Takes on Hepatitis C (19 pages, 1.97 MB)
  Stewart Cooper, MD

PART 2: Hepatitis C Treatment and Management Approaches

8: Western (Allopathic) Medicine

• Section 1: Allopathic Hepatitis C Treatment Overview
  (5 pages, 377 KB)
  Douglas R. LaBrecque, MD

• Section 2: Initial Treatment Options
  (15 pages, 538 KB)
  Douglas R. LaBrecque, MD

• Section 3: Options When Initial Treatment Fails to Clear the Hepatitis C Virus
  (10 pages, 536 KB)
  Gregory T. Everson, MD

• Section 4: Future of Allopathic Hepatitis C Treatment
  (12 pages, 515 KB)
  Robert G. Gish, MD

9: Integrative Medicine (7 pages, 429 KB)
Randy J. Horwitz, MD, PhD and Julia Jernberg, MD

10: Ayurvedic Medicine (13 pages, 535 KB)
Shri K. Mishra, MD, MS, Bharathi Ravi, BAMS, and Sivaramaprasad Vinjamury, MD

11: Chinese Medicine

• Section 1: Traditional Chinese Medicine and Hepatitis C (8 pages, 401 KB)
  Misha Cohen, OMD, LAc

• Section 2: Modern Chinese Medicine Therapeutics for Hepatitis C (14 pages, 473 KB)
  Qing Cai Zhang, MD (China), LAc

12: Homeopathic Medicine (8 pages, 424 KB)
Sylvia Flesner, ND

13: Mind-Body Medicine & Spiritual Healing
(12 pages, 481 KB)
Sharon D. Montes, MD

14: Naturopathic Medicine (14 pages, 509 KB)
J. Lyn Patrick, ND

15: Nutrition and Hepatitis C (12 pages, 431 KB)
Lark Lands, PhD

16: Nutritional Supplementation (9 pages, 394 KB)
Lark Lands, PhD and J. Lyn Patrick, ND

17: Products Marketed to People with Hepatitis C
(12 pages, 467 KB)
J. Lyn Patrick, ND

PART 3: Other Topics for People Living with Hepatitis C

18: Women and Hepatitis C (12 pages, 1.49 MB)
Norah Terrault, MD and Jessica Irwin, PAC

19: Hepatitis C in Children (6 pages, 431 KB)
Aparna Roy, MD, MPH and Kathleen Schwarz, MD

20: HIV/HCV Coinfection

• Section 1: Overview of HIV/HCV Coinfection (10 pages, 694 KB)
  Misha Cohen, OMD, LAc and Tina M. St. John, MD

• Section 2: Western (Allopathic) Treatment Options (14 pages, 577 KB)
  Tina M. St. John, MD and Misha Cohen, OMD, LAc

• Section 3: Alternative Eastern Treatment Options (6 pages, 360 KB)
  Misha Cohen, OMD, LAc

• Section 4: Naturopathic Treatment Options
  (6 pages, 376 KB)
  J. Lyn Patrick, ND

21: Mental Health & Hepatitis C

• Section 1: Mental Health & Neurocognitive Issues Associated with Hepatitis C Infection
  (8 pages, 476 KB)
  Julie Nelligan, PhD, David W. Indest, PsyD, and Peter Hauser, MD

• Section 2: Mental Health Issues in the Setting of Interferon-Based Therapy
  (16 pages, 549 KB)
  Joyce Seiko Kobayashi, MD

• Section 3: Interferon-Based Therapy in Recovery (6 pages, 410 KB)
  Amy E. Smith, PAC and Diana L. Sylvestre, MD

• Section 4: Psychosocial Issues and HCV
  (8 pages, 435 KB)
  Susan L. Zickmund, PhD

22: Military Veterans & Hepatitis C
(8 pages, 463 KB)
Terry Baker

23: Choosing: My Journey, My Choices
(16 pages, 614 KB)
Randy Dietrich

24: A Look to the Future (8 pages, 434 KB)
Lorren Sandt

APPENDICES

I: How to Cut Down on Your Drinking
(4 pages, 357 KB)

II: Ayurvedic Herbs (8 pages, 380 KB)

III: Chinese Medicine Herbs and Formulas
(10 pages, 441 KB)

IV: Liver-Toxic Medications and Herbs
(4 pages, 366 KB)

Denise Treating With Protease Inhibitor Telaprevir Vertex-950

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I can't believe I only have 3 days of Riba left!  It was so great to fill up my pill dispenser for the week and be able to leave some days empty!!! 

It's been a rough ride(who's treatment isn't?!?) but if I can hold onto that UD it will all have been worth it.

Iam1a, Stage2, Grade 1-2.  I was in a 48 week arm.  The first 24 weeks I took the standard treatment as well as the Telaprevir.  The last 24 weeks have been standard treatment only.

They did not allow rescue drugs in the Prove 3 trial and I became anemic real quick...just like the last time I treated.  Since Procrit wasn't an option they had to dose reduce/discontinue my Riba for most of the trial.  I was only on full dose Riba for a few of the 48 weeks.  It's been shown that Riba is a necessary part of the cocktail so I was VERY nervous.  I wasn't able to get any VL results until my 24 week results.  At that time I found out that I went from 12,500,000 on my start date to <30 by week 4! The first time I treated with SOC I didn't have a 2 log drop by week 13 and stopped.  At that time  I started with a much lower VL of 2,380,000.  That just give's you an idea of how powerful these PI's are.

Vertex is continuing trails with the Telaprevir as well as 2 other PI's.

Vertex has submitted some late extracts regarding Prove 3 preliminary results to be presented at the EASL meeting in April.  I have a feeling it's going to be more great news from Vertex. 

I learned everythingI needed to get me through the past 48 weeks right here on J&F and will always be grateful for this site and the people here.

I owe Karen a huge debt of gratitude.  She has been there for me every day and when I didn't feel like talking to ANYONE, Karen was the exception.  Thank you my friend.  Now, we need to get you on a PI so we can start planning that trip!

A friend of mine has declared Thursday as "All bad things gone and only good things to come,day!";-)

Thanks again to everyone for the well wishes and hope to start posting again as my system starts to clear.

If anyone has any questions about the Prove 3 trail feel free to email me through my profile.

BTW, I LOVE VERTEX!!!

Denise...next stop SVR...

UPDATE April 30th 08