Comments on: Vertex Maps Out Combo Drug Game Plan for Treating Hepatitis C http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/03/08/vertex-maps-out-combo-drug-as-new-game-plan-for-treating-hepatitis-c/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Robert http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/03/08/vertex-maps-out-combo-drug-as-new-game-plan-for-treating-hepatitis-c/comment-page-1/#comment-304179 Robert Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:11:06 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=66861#comment-304179 I was diagnosed in 2008 my viral was low at 400,000 after 12 weeks of treatment it spiked to 1 million, I have also compensated scerosis, hep-c virus only lives 6 hours outside the body. These companies are bound to find the cure. I have also decided to start taking livercell for my liver. My doctor has told me that we will start treatment again, I also considered stem cell therapy I was diagnosed in 2008 my viral was low at 400,000 after 12 weeks of treatment it spiked to 1 million, I have also compensated scerosis, hep-c virus only lives 6 hours outside the body. These companies are bound to find the cure. I have also decided to start taking livercell for my liver. My doctor has told me that we will start treatment again, I also considered stem cell therapy

]]> By: Cheryll http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/03/08/vertex-maps-out-combo-drug-as-new-game-plan-for-treating-hepatitis-c/comment-page-1/#comment-121135 Cheryll Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:44:30 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=66861#comment-121135 I have been to difffernt sights,and i have heard of very few who the first treatment helped. unless thier viral load was low,seems to me they are still experimenting. it would be cool if we could some how get the government tosee out comments and actual results of the other verses different aproches. I have been to difffernt sights,and i have heard of very few who the first treatment helped. unless thier viral load was low,seems to me they are still experimenting.
it would be cool if we could some how get the government tosee out comments and actual results of the other verses different aproches.

]]> By: wm. donner http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/03/08/vertex-maps-out-combo-drug-as-new-game-plan-for-treating-hepatitis-c/comment-page-1/#comment-120895 wm. donner Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:34:14 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=66861#comment-120895 all i hear is about relapsing after treatment 6-18 mo after treatment. are there any people out there that are still clear of the virus 5+ years on? i never hear of any and am beginning to think it never goes away. great for the drug companies. am coming up on 24 wks of standard treatment plus first 12 wks were also with experimental drug. standard flu symptoms all the time, horrible eczema, and am feeling a little nuts and miserable to everyone. is it really worth it? all i hear is about relapsing after treatment 6-18 mo after treatment. are there any people out there that are still clear of the virus 5+ years on? i never hear of any and am beginning to think it never goes away. great for the drug companies. am coming up on 24 wks of standard treatment plus first 12 wks were also with experimental drug. standard flu symptoms all the time, horrible eczema, and am feeling a little nuts and miserable to everyone. is it really worth it?

]]> By: Donna http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/03/08/vertex-maps-out-combo-drug-as-new-game-plan-for-treating-hepatitis-c/comment-page-1/#comment-118906 Donna Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:59:48 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=66861#comment-118906 I am hoping and praying this is true. I have had Hep C for 27 years now and been through the trials of Pegalated Interferon and Ribavirin. It was hard! I was classified as a non-responder. I have been asymptomatic since then. I lost my dad and aunt this last year, both from liver Cancer due to Hep C. We all contracted it about the same time. My life style is good and has been for many many years but my test results keep getting worse. I am ready for that cure! I am hoping and praying this is true. I have had Hep C for 27 years now and been through the trials of Pegalated Interferon and Ribavirin. It was hard! I was classified as a non-responder. I have been asymptomatic since then. I lost my dad and aunt this last year, both from liver Cancer due to Hep C. We all contracted it about the same time. My life style is good and has been for many many years but my test results keep getting worse. I am ready for that cure!

]]> By: kimellen http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/03/08/vertex-maps-out-combo-drug-as-new-game-plan-for-treating-hepatitis-c/comment-page-1/#comment-117292 kimellen Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:48:04 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=66861#comment-117292 This is wonderful news...if I weren't in school, and already looking at joint surgery, I would absolutely enroll in the trial for this. I am still asymptomatic, and feel my health is better off for not taking the interferon/ribo proticol...I'm in the medical field and have done a lot of reading..if you maintain a healthy lifestyle...no drinking and drugging...your chances are good. But all other comments are right..its time for a cure! This is wonderful news…if I weren’t in school, and already looking at joint surgery, I would absolutely enroll in the trial for this. I am still asymptomatic, and feel my health is better off for not taking the interferon/ribo proticol…I’m in the medical field and have done a lot of reading..if you maintain a healthy lifestyle…no drinking and drugging…your chances are good. But all other comments are right..its time for a cure!

]]> By: cheryll http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/03/08/vertex-maps-out-combo-drug-as-new-game-plan-for-treating-hepatitis-c/comment-page-1/#comment-116842 cheryll Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:28:46 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=66861#comment-116842 great comments,i too wish "they" would wake up,and find a different answer, ihaven't heard too many g ood stoires about the first type of treatment,alot of people areatillbeing used as guinie pigs it sounds like. I would love to help discover the cure of a med to help. I don't understand how they ca nfind something for aides,and not hep c great comments,i too wish “they” would wake up,and find a different answer, ihaven’t heard too many g ood stoires about the first type of treatment,alot of people areatillbeing used as guinie pigs it sounds like.
I would love to help discover the cure of a med to help.
I don’t understand how they ca nfind something for aides,and not hep c

]]> By: Steve Walls http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/03/08/vertex-maps-out-combo-drug-as-new-game-plan-for-treating-hepatitis-c/comment-page-1/#comment-116806 Steve Walls Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:41:19 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=66861#comment-116806 Great stuff, a stand alone protease inhibitor is the answer.I hope the drugs companies give up on interferon and ribavirin, but you & I both know that drug companies never give up on drugs they have heavily invested in. Hopefully they will develop a conscience and develop the new therapies asap, as most people would get treated. There is an antibody that has been discovered which hopefully the drug companies haven't bought & shelved, which clears hep c.Steve Great stuff, a stand alone protease inhibitor is the answer.I hope the drugs companies give up on interferon and ribavirin, but you & I both know that drug companies never give up on drugs they have heavily invested in. Hopefully they will develop a conscience and develop the new therapies asap, as most people would get treated.
There is an antibody that has been discovered which hopefully the drug companies haven’t bought & shelved, which clears hep c.Steve

]]> By: Patrick DeHart http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/03/08/vertex-maps-out-combo-drug-as-new-game-plan-for-treating-hepatitis-c/comment-page-1/#comment-116774 Patrick DeHart Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:54:17 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=66861#comment-116774 Hello folks, I am a Vietnam era veteran as well as a veteran of the year long Hepatitus C treatment in 2007-2008. I am so glad to hear about this good work that the research scientists are doing that I could cry. I went through the Ribavirin-Interferon treatment at the VA in Fayetteville, Arkansas. God bless their hearts because they are the best. However, I was labeled a non-responder which is just not true in my case. I was under 50 bugs per milliliter from the first viral load blood test all the way through the therapy. At the end, I was absolutely clean, no virus. I felt great and I even went back to college to finish my Degree which I'm still doing. Unfortunately, after six months, the Hepatitus C came back by a factor of Ten. The bottom line is that I am more than ready to try anything that has twice the cure rate and at only half the time of the miserable year that I spent on my couch. I have the best wife in the world and she helped me make the whole year. There is a staggering large vanguard of veterans from the late 1960's to early 1970's that have Hep C. Some believe that it was the poorly sanitized Jet Injectors (innoculation guns). In any case, I once again thank the researchers. Warm Regards, Patrick DeHart Hello folks, I am a Vietnam era veteran as well as a veteran of the year long Hepatitus C treatment in 2007-2008. I am so glad to hear about this good work that the research scientists are doing that I could cry. I went through the Ribavirin-Interferon treatment at the VA in Fayetteville, Arkansas. God bless their hearts because they are the best. However, I was labeled a non-responder which is just not true in my case. I was under 50 bugs per milliliter from the first viral load blood test all the way through the therapy. At the end, I was absolutely clean, no virus. I felt great and I even went back to college to finish my Degree which I’m still doing. Unfortunately, after six months, the Hepatitus C came back by a factor of Ten. The bottom line is that I am more than ready to try anything that has twice the cure rate and at only half the time of the miserable year that I spent on my couch. I have the best wife in the world and she helped me make the whole year. There is a staggering large vanguard of veterans from the late 1960′s to early 1970′s that have Hep C. Some believe that it was the poorly sanitized Jet Injectors (innoculation guns). In any case, I once again thank the researchers. Warm Regards, Patrick DeHart

]]> By: Sallie Little http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/03/08/vertex-maps-out-combo-drug-as-new-game-plan-for-treating-hepatitis-c/comment-page-1/#comment-116706 Sallie Little Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:24:32 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=66861#comment-116706 My son has hepatitis c and has a family of 6 total, and has to work. He cannot take the interferon and work. Is there anything he can take with the midication and still work? At this time he is not taking the medication!!! Thank you for your reply. My son has hepatitis c and has a family of 6 total, and has to work. He cannot take the interferon and work. Is there anything he can take with the midication and still work? At this time he is not taking the medication!!!
Thank you for your reply.

]]> By: Diane http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/03/08/vertex-maps-out-combo-drug-as-new-game-plan-for-treating-hepatitis-c/comment-page-1/#comment-116400 Diane Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:31:16 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=66861#comment-116400 I hope and pray that a new drug therapy minus interferon will be developed. Was on the combo therapy and although everyone on treatment gets hemolytic anemia, I developed auto-immune hemolytic anemia, meaning my own white cells were targeting my red cells, caused by interferon. If anyone knows about non-interferon based trials, please post. I've got alot of living to do.... I hope and pray that a new drug therapy minus interferon will be developed. Was on the combo therapy and although everyone on treatment gets hemolytic anemia, I developed auto-immune hemolytic anemia, meaning my own white cells were targeting my red cells, caused by interferon. If anyone knows about non-interferon based trials, please post. I’ve got alot of living to do….

]]> By: Michele http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/03/08/vertex-maps-out-combo-drug-as-new-game-plan-for-treating-hepatitis-c/comment-page-1/#comment-116386 Michele Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:39:44 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=66861#comment-116386 My husband did the pegintron/ribavirin shuffle three times. The first two times the side-effects were miserable but his viral load dropped to undetectable for several months until it gradually returned. The third and last time he developed interferon psychosis, which leaves him with no current treatment option. A new combo therapy without interferon would be a life-saving dream come true. My husband did the pegintron/ribavirin shuffle three times. The first two times the side-effects were miserable but his viral load dropped to undetectable for several months until it gradually returned. The third and last time he developed interferon psychosis, which leaves him with no current treatment option. A new combo therapy without interferon would be a life-saving dream come true.

]]> By: marvin lyons http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/03/08/vertex-maps-out-combo-drug-as-new-game-plan-for-treating-hepatitis-c/comment-page-1/#comment-116281 marvin lyons Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:03:00 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=66861#comment-116281 This is good news for the hep-c community. I hope and pray that it works. The interferon and peg cause me temporary blindness. This is good news for the hep-c community. I hope and pray that it works. The interferon and peg cause me temporary blindness.

]]> By: Luke Timmerman http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/03/08/vertex-maps-out-combo-drug-as-new-game-plan-for-treating-hepatitis-c/comment-page-1/#comment-116272 Luke Timmerman Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:37:48 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=66861#comment-116272 Vertex has a hotline for patients who want to check into whether they are eligible for clinical trials. Here's how to find more. http://www.vrtx.com/current-projects/Clinical-Trials.html Clinical Trials & Medical Information: Phone: 877-634-VRTX 617-444-6777 Vertex has a hotline for patients who want to check into whether they are eligible for clinical trials. Here’s how to find more.

http://www.vrtx.com/current-projects/Clinical-Trials.html
Clinical Trials & Medical Information:
Phone:
877-634-VRTX
617-444-6777

]]> By: julie heizyk http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/03/08/vertex-maps-out-combo-drug-as-new-game-plan-for-treating-hepatitis-c/comment-page-1/#comment-116244 julie heizyk Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:23:02 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=66861#comment-116244 i would be interested having relapsed once i would be interested having relapsed once

]]> By: rOBERT http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/03/08/vertex-maps-out-combo-drug-as-new-game-plan-for-treating-hepatitis-c/comment-page-1/#comment-116222 rOBERT Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:21:10 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=66861#comment-116222 PUT ME ON TRIAL TEST TO SEE IF IT REALY WORKS PUT ME ON TRIAL TEST TO SEE IF IT REALY WORKS

]]> By: cheryll http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2010/03/08/vertex-maps-out-combo-drug-as-new-game-plan-for-treating-hepatitis-c/comment-page-1/#comment-116176 cheryll Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:27:38 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=66861#comment-116176 If this is true , i know i would seek out the treatment,and try it. i have cronic hep c,but wont endurethe 12 month long sickness with only 30% chance of it helping. i would like to find out more about this treatment and how i can get involved in its use. If this is true , i know i would seek out the treatment,and try it. i have cronic hep c,but wont endurethe 12 month long sickness with only 30% chance of it helping.
i would like to find out more about this treatment and how i can get involved in its use.

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