Boy oh boy, what a question! It had me thinking , asking, and searching for such a long time. The doctor asks for my preference of treatment. Both are basically the same combination of drugs, but different brand names. Well actually there is probably some sort of difference difference between Interferon alpha A and apha B, but actually A was approved after B. Almost every medical article studies A and I can find no articles supporting B over A. To make things complicated he says he has a slight preference for B just because he has experience using it before and has confidence on being able to counter side effects. Also A is used with the brand of ribavirin 'Copegus' which is new to Japan. This makes him nervous a bit since there hasn't been enough time for any evidence to emerge about post-treatment side effects or the like. Rod did a lot of research on the net and sent me links. Yochi gave us lots of talks on the phone and sent over info on the two drug therapies. I decided to go with Pegasys and Copegus for a couple of reasons, none of which are solid:1) All the articles are written about them, implying nobody is researching Intron anymore.
2) Material from Yochi seems to imply its better for genotype 1.
3) I did find a BBS that had people saying the side-effects were more managable.
4) It's newer.
Ok I will update tomorrow after the shot!!!!
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Hey Matt we are thinking about you and praying for your treatment. May it all go smoothly.
Hey Brother...hope it all works out, we are going to be praying for you, so keep keeping us posted!! And...let's go non-smokers!! Awesome!
Good work, Matt, deciphering it all. I think you made the best choice. This is what you have to do. Rod and I will be right there with you all the way. Thank goodness for Apple!
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