Hep C Harvoni Side Effects

Life after harvoni i was diagnosed with hep c in 1993.

Hep c harvoni side effects.

Side effects not requiring immediate medical attention cough diarrhea headache irritability lack or loss of strength muscle pain nausea trouble sleeping. Severe side effects from generic harvoni treatment. While treating hep c with today s direct acting antivirals some side effects are still possible. If ribavirin is used in combination with hepatitis c treatment increased side effects can occur.

However some patients report experiencing few to no side effects. Side effects can include. From my experience the most unsettling and unpleasant side effect of harvoni treatment is severe depression. Flu like symptoms headache fatigue fever chills muscle aches arthritis like pain in back joints gastrointestinal problems nausea abdominal pain diarrhea.

I know exactly how i got it. For example you shouldn t take an antacid. These are not all the possible side effects of harvoni. There are some drug interactions that can occur in people taking harvoni.

The proportion of subjects who permanently discontinued treatment due to adverse events was 0 less than 1 and 1 for subjects receiving harvoni for 8 12 and 24 weeks respectively. The most common adverse reactions at least 10 were fatigue and headache in subjects treated with 8 12 or 24 weeks of harvoni. I called gilead science and they lied to me saying that harvoni never caused that in anyone. It showed that i had polyneuropathy and was a side effect of the harvoni.

Other side effects include nausea and vomiting diarrhea and trouble sleeping. Learn more about the long term effects of the hepatitis c virus on the whole body the long term side effects of treatment and extrahepatic manifestations. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the fda. In november 2015 the fda approved harvoni to be used in patients co infected with hiv.

If i would have known that was one of the side effects i would have waited until a better medication came out. For more information ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist. Co infection can increase the risk for advanced liver disease cirrhosis end stage liver disease and liver cancer. It seems that about one in about 1 000 or so people treating their hepatitis c with harvoni experience the side effect of either depression or anxiety.