Relief for Ribavirin rash
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From: Michael A. Ball on 21 Aug 2008 10:14 Jane began a second attempt to tolerate Ribavirin, but developed the same sort of rash as in her first attempt: swelling, itching and redness. Her doctor asked her to stay with the schedule and her first full dose of Ribavirin was yesterday. Her doctor also prescribed 800mg/day of Cimetidine. So far, the rash has become somewhat tolerable. Is there anyone here who has dealt with Ribavirin rash? If so, was there anything that helped you tolerate the rash? Thank you ________________________ Whatever it takes.
From: greyhackles on 21 Aug 2008 11:45 On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:14:57 -0400, Michael A. Ball <Guardian(a)wireco.net> wrote: >Jane began a second attempt to tolerate Ribavirin, but developed the >same sort of rash as in her first attempt: swelling, itching and >redness. Her doctor asked her to stay with the schedule and her first >full dose of Ribavirin was yesterday. Her doctor also prescribed >800mg/day of Cimetidine. So far, the rash has become somewhat tolerable. > >Is there anyone here who has dealt with Ribavirin rash? If so, was there >anything that helped you tolerate the rash? I was already on Cimetidine - 800 mg twice daily, for managing chronic hives - prior to starting the combo therapy. I was also taking Hydroxyzine HCL 50mg three times daily as part of the same hive suppression strategy. I'm sure these helped a lot with the anti-HCV combo experience, as my rash experience was quite modest compared to many. What little rash I did experience (mostly on my ankles, appearing around 6 months into therapy) was treatable with Aveeno skin cream. So, you might ask the treating doc to add Hydroxyzine HCL to the mix. The two drugs block the two major forms of histamine, they are both quite benign (virtually no side effects) and generics are low cost and widely available. fwiw, since I lucked out with the HCV tx and have been virus-free for a few years now, I was able to discontinue both Cimetidine and Hydroxyzine without any reappearance of the hives. While my PCP was comfortable with his belief they were caused by the chronic HCV, I'm a little more cautious about that association, but either way they're gone :-) Cheers /greyhackles
From: tom on 21 Aug 2008 11:52 "Michael A. Ball" <Guardian(a)wireco.net> wrote in message news:kdtqa41v8s7vr331ujbnkk52fisg7tkpmu(a)4ax.com... > Jane began a second attempt to tolerate Ribavirin, but developed the > same sort of rash as in her first attempt: swelling, itching and > redness. Her doctor asked her to stay with the schedule and her first > full dose of Ribavirin was yesterday. Her doctor also prescribed > 800mg/day of Cimetidine. So far, the rash has become somewhat tolerable. > > Is there anyone here who has dealt with Ribavirin rash? If so, was there > anything that helped you tolerate the rash? > > Thank you This is a prescription cream\ointment that works for me during tx when nothing else seemed to. <Nystatin and Triamcinolone Acetonide USP\Taro Pharmaceuticals>
From: Waterspider on 21 Aug 2008 13:57 "greyhackles" wrote... > Michael A. Ball wrote: >>Is there anyone here who has dealt with Ribavirin rash? If so, was there >>anything that helped you tolerate the rash? > > So, you might ask the treating doc to add Hydroxyzine HCL to the mix. The > two > drugs block the two major forms of histamine, they are both quite benign > (virtually no side effects) and generics are low cost and widely > available. > Reading this thread, I am reminded how fortunate I was to not have suffered from Riba Rash. Now I'm wondering if taking the generic equivalent of Gravol almost daily to combat nausea and help me sleep had anything to do with it.
From: greyhackles on 21 Aug 2008 21:24
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:57:46 -0700, "Waterspider" <nospam(a)all.com> wrote: > >"greyhackles" wrote... >> Michael A. Ball wrote: >>>Is there anyone here who has dealt with Ribavirin rash? If so, was there >>>anything that helped you tolerate the rash? >> >> So, you might ask the treating doc to add Hydroxyzine HCL to the mix. The >> two drugs block the two major forms of histamine, they are both quite benign >> (virtually no side effects) and generics are low cost and widely >> available. >> >Reading this thread, I am reminded how fortunate I was to not have suffered >from Riba Rash. Now I'm wondering if taking the generic equivalent of Gravol >almost daily to combat nausea and help me sleep had anything to do with it. Could be that - and/or it could be you only having to do 24 weeks - something *really* fortunate ;-) What rash I had - modest as it was - as well as the dry cough thing - really didn't get going until the half-way point on my 48 week sojourn... Cheers /greyhackles |