Re: Re: Genotype and Viral Load

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Dear ,

I hope the hepatologist you have an appointment

with in September is more current in his/her thinking.

I know that I am NOT some expert, but from what I've

heard, once you have cirrhosis things tend to progress

faster. And from all that I've read, interferon can

help keep the cirrhosis from getting worse, and can

even improve it sometimes. Especially promising is

the info so far on the Roche brand of pegylated

interferon that will be out fairly soon, Pegysus I

think is the brand name. So far it looks to work

much, much better than anything else so far in people

with cirrhosis. That is something that you might want

to talk to the hepatologist about. Of course, I don't

really know what is going on in Canada with these new

drugs, and I realize the time frame (and policies) may

be different there. Anyway, I hope things go well for

you, and make sure you let us know what happens with

the new hepatologist.

Take care,

Claudine

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Claudine

claudinecrews@...

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