I just started taking my meds for HCV. My first injection was last night.?!
Question: I just started taking my meds for HCV!. My first injection was last night!.!?
Also, I started my Copeg!. yesterday!. Does anyone know when the side effects usually start occuring!? I do feel weak and my stomach is a bit queezy!. Could someone that has takien these meds tell me more about how they felt, and how it helped put the virus into "remission" (as they say)!? ThanksWww@Answer-Health@Com
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My first shot was the worst, each subsequent shot was more uneventful!. If you didn't have side effects within the first day, give thanks! The most typical side effects are tiredness, aches, and a general run down feeling, injection site swelling & tenderness, and nausea!. Drink plenty of water to keep the nausea down!. Some people don't get any side effects, but most people get manageable ones!. I was tired & nauseous the first three months, then it got better!. The treatment helps the virus to become undetectable by flooding your body with interferon, which your body produces naturally (like when you have the flu)!. It just doesn't produce enough of it to clear the HCV virus!. The copegus (ribavirin) stops the virus from replicating!. Together they can eradicate the virus from all it's little hiding places in the body!. I've been undetectable since Nov!. 2000; life is good! I'd do it again in a heartbeat!. Good luck to you!.Www@Answer-Health@Com