Hepatitis C killing more people...

[marcop]

...another reason to not have unprotected sex: http://www.latimes.com/science/scien...#axzz2v1Cc2RVr

No wonder OSHA is getting up everyone's ass.

[Robbie]

In other news: 100% of ALL people will die.

OSHA needs to get on this right away. Maybe they can come up with an even newer way for people to be RULED by the govt. like sheep?

[mikesouth]

hey robbie email me mikesouth at mikesouth.com I got something you might be interested in (not about stds)

TY

[wehateporn]

Pharma spread that around deliberately

[dehash]

Two nights ago I had a dream about doctor saying me I had Hepatitis C...

[Grapesoda]

...

No wonder OSHA is getting up everyone's ass.

... with a condom of course!

[Paully]

They have medication that cures that shit within a couple months.

[just a punk]

You must be a real acrobat to catch Hepatitis C from an unprotected sex

[deltav]

They have medication that cures that shit within a couple months.

Whaa? I know a couple people with Hep C. It's rough and there's no cure. There are a couple interferon type drugs that can send it into remission if you're very lucky, but they've got their own bad side effects and it's not a given by any stretch. Not sure what meds you're talking about...

[Paully]

Whaa? I know a couple people with Hep C. It's rough and there's no cure. There are a couple interferon type drugs that can send it into remission if you're very lucky, but they've got their own bad side effects and it's not a given by any stretch. Not sure what meds you're talking about...

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/817371

The new drug is sofosbuvir but there are others now. Pretty soon it ill be a pill only cure without interferon. 98% effective in the most common types of HepC.

[Paully]

And we are talking cure. Not remission.

[ilnjscb]

And we are talking cure. Not remission.

Paully that takes a log in - can you post the relevant parts? Thanks

[Paully]

Paully that takes a log in - can you post the relevant parts? Thanks

Those pricks and their logins.

Here are some more links:

http://www.gilead.com/news/press-rel...ic-hepatitis-c


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofosbuvir


http://www.natap.org/2013/EASL/EASL_19.htm


Sorry. Gilead is the front runner. Abbvie has one along with some other pharmas.

Great news for hep c patients.

[Stephen]

You must be a real acrobat to catch Hepatitis C from an unprotected sex

Coke fiends pass it by sharing straws, no sex required

[Paully]

Coke fiends pass it by sharing straws, no sex required

Yup, coke, speed, hypes for sure, backyard tattoos, barbers, dentists, surgeries before 1989. Sex is very unlikely to pass it. Well, most sex Some people really get the freaky on though.

Baby boomers should all get tested. They are at the age now when hep c starts to fuck them up and they didn't have proper sanitizing for medical instruments back in the day.

You guys didn't see this shit all over the news?

[Robbie]

Coke fiends pass it by sharing straws, no sex required

That is like a tiny, tiny fraction of one percent from "coke fiends" (by the way, since you seem to not be smartened up about how recreational drugs work...not many people who are "coke fiends" snort it, they freebase it)

The NUMBER ONE way to catch Hep C is from sharing needles.

And doctors aren't even sure if you CAN get it from having sex. (people are ignorant about this)

Check it out for yourselves (and remember that Google is only a click away):
http://www.webmd.com/hepatitis/hepc-...atitis-c-cause

[JA$ON]

Whaa? I know a couple people with Hep C. It's rough and there's no cure. There are a couple interferon type drugs that can send it into remission if you're very lucky, but they've got their own bad side effects and it's not a given by any stretch. Not sure what meds you're talking about...

He's right, its a new med that is mixed WITH the interferon treatment. Success rate in total removal is about 50-60% now. Let me see if I can find the article. Giliad Sciences, the pharma that came out with it, stock is up more than almost any other stock this year.

[Paully]

Was 50 to 60% now 90%+ Look at the links I put up. And Robbie is right. They followed monogamous couples for years and there was no transmission between partners attributed to sex.

Don't share a toothbrush or a razor in the morning though.

[jigg]

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/817371

The new drug is sofosbuvir but there are others now. Pretty soon it ill be a pill only cure without interferon. 98% effective in the most common types of HepC.

Sofosbuvir will cost $84,000 for 12 weeks of treatment used for genotype 1 and 2, and $168,000 for the 24 weeks used for genotype 3.[23] The price in the United Kingdom is expected to be £35,000 for 12 weeks. [24]

[Paully]

Sofosbuvir will cost $84,000 for 12 weeks of treatment used for genotype 1 and 2, and $168,000 for the 24 weeks used for genotype 3.[23] The price in the United Kingdom is expected to be £35,000 for 12 weeks. [24]

Cheaper than the previous protocol.

[DWB]

Justifying not worrying about it because there is a cure doesn't make sense, as most people can not afford the cure. Not yet anyway.

I know someone who had it. Not a pleasant way to go. And yes, we're all going to die, but you don't have to die badly.

Perhaps in the near future it will be affordable for everyone.

[deltav]

Interesting, I hadn't heard about that.

But yeah, my next question would've been "But how much does it cost?". Not sure 84-168k are in the price ranges of the folks I know, or that the cost will come down soon enough to help them.

And I'll just back up that from what I've read, Hep C transmission through sex is highly debatable and very rare in the worst case scenario. The people I know are former IV drug users and also have prison tattoos, it's not a "omg, how did I possibly get this" thing for them...

[johnnyloadproductions]

Don't share a toothbrush or a razor in the morning though.

Funny thing is, if I have a new girl spend the night, she gets her very own brand new toothbrush, which then gets thrown away.

Mostly for older and wilder girls.

[Robbie]

Justifying not worrying about it because there is a cure doesn't make sense, as most people can not afford the cure. Not yet anyway.

I know someone who had it. Not a pleasant way to go. And yes, we're all going to die, but you don't have to die badly.

Perhaps in the near future it will be affordable for everyone.

I think everyone should worry about diseases...just not obsess over it.

We all have (statistically speaking) a million times more chance of getting in the car and getting killed. Yeah, we can wear a seat belt. But still, if you're on the highway doing 70 miles per hour and the front tire blows in crowded highway traffic...you're probably dead.

Even though I know that, I don't worry about it all the time or post scary threads up about it like some people do about disease here on GFY.

Also, it still is not shown that Hep C is transmitted via sex at all (though I suppose if I were to rub open bleeding wounds with an infected girls open bleeding infected wound while fucking her, you could TECHNICALLY say I got it while having sex).

Using the logic of some folks on the subject, I guess if I had sex with a person who had the flu I would catch the flu. And then they would claim that you get the flu from sex too. lol

The other thing I wonder about...now that we have "ObamaCare" here in the U.S., doesn't that mean that the jacked up cost for that pill would be covered by insurance anyway and becomes a non-issue?

Now that we are moving toward socialized medicine, the jacked up (for Americans by the greedy pharma companies) price no longer means anything. It's just a number that they pull out of their ass. The insurance covers it (and of course they don't actually pay that price anyway).

Am I missing anything on this subject?

[RyuLion]

In other news: 100% of ALL people will die.

OSHA needs to get on this right away. Maybe they can come up with an even newer way for people to be RULED by the govt. like sheep?

[Paully]

I think everyone should worry about diseases...just not obsess over it.

We all have (statistically speaking) a million times more chance of getting in the car and getting killed. Yeah, we can wear a seat belt. But still, if you're on the highway doing 70 miles per hour and the front tire blows in crowded highway traffic...you're probably dead.

Even though I know that, I don't worry about it all the time or post scary threads up about it like some people do about disease here on GFY.

Also, it still is not shown that Hep C is transmitted via sex at all (though I suppose if I were to rub open bleeding wounds with an infected girls open bleeding infected wound while fucking her, you could TECHNICALLY say I got it while having sex).

Using the logic of some folks on the subject, I guess if I had sex with a person who had the flu I would catch the flu. And then they would claim that you get the flu from sex too. lol

The other thing I wonder about...now that we have "ObamaCare" here in the U.S., doesn't that mean that the jacked up cost for that pill would be covered by insurance anyway and becomes a non-issue?

Now that we are moving toward socialized medicine, the jacked up (for Americans by the greedy pharma companies) price no longer means anything. It's just a number that they pull out of their ass. The insurance covers it (and of course they don't actually pay that price anyway).

Am I missing anything on this subject?

Nope. You pretty much nailed it. The way I look at it is that life is a full contact sport. Your gonna take some bumps and bruises along the way. Be smart of course but no need to exaggerate it.

[Juicy D. Links]

my doc gave me Hep A and B vaccines

[Paully]

my doc gave me Hep A and B vaccines

Thats good to have. Especially if you travel. Hep A is from food and Hep B is an STD. Hep B is most common in Asia. Not so common in the US but does happen.

[American Psycho]

I heard that you can def get it from banging donkeys raw dogg.

Ooh btw do any of these chargeback companies really work to reduce or recover chargebacks? Oops suppose i will make a new thread.

[Paully]

I heard that you can def get it from banging donkeys raw dogg.

Ooh btw do any of these chargeback companies really work to reduce or recover chargebacks? Oops suppose i will make a new thread.

Is there any other way to bang a donkey?

I havent worked with chargeback companies but I do know you can fight them yourself with a merchant account or use CCBill. They don't charge you a fee, they just debit the purchase amount.

[OneHungLo]

my doc gave me Hep A and B vaccines

+1 for the hep B vaccine.

[javbucks]

Just dont have it unprotected in general with strange people