I feel like im dying everyday its funny before i started i wanted to research on the pill and i tried searching this medication to see the side effects and there was nothing bad about it and i was very scared to try it, but i had chronic hepatitis C for over 20 yrs so i was anxious to get rid of it when i heard it was 95% i was so happy and felt relieved as i have suffered so much with the disease and it took over my life but now its been a year that i finished my treatment and i am so much worse then i was before i developed a rash on my bellly? anybody else? and the fatigue is so bad now its hard to walk sometimes and i have no energy the joint pain and bone pain in my body is very painful i started having twisting in my foot which never happened before and its happening more and more every two dys now and its very painful i am researching now and finding out alot of people are either getting cancer and getting really weird things happening in there bodies such as myself and people are dying one to two years after taking this pill. they did find a cyst on my kidney in October on a CT scan, i finished my treatment January 3 2018 I am praying that i am ok i feel bad for all of those that trusted the health system as i did to and its not fair of them to use us like that, i knew something didnt seem right and they are giving the medication to everybody now, and to hear they got bought off by free gifts trips,etc that is so sad if you research you will see. there is so many of us that are affected we try to take the treatment to get better and change our lives if only i knew it would ruin my life because my health isnt good and just getting worse i wish everybody the best and pray for you guys
Does anybody feel worse since taking the Epclusa?
Question posted by cberdux on 31 Jan 2019
Last updated on 4 March 2024 (10 weeks ago) by Debraw87
3 Answers
wish I had never taken Epclusa. I'm in worse health now 8 months after the treatment. My hair is still falling out and I hurt so bad in my legs,hips, back, there are days I can't walk. I hurt in elbows, arms and have severe pain in my bones. My feet swell and burn. Last trip to doctor I have kidney problems. As I sit and right this severe pain shooting through my liver. It's been 8 months since I finished the treatment that has ruined my life. Funny thing is after the first 2 weeks I felt great but that only lasted a month now I am wondering how long I can live like this.
Wow I’m so sad to read your story. I’ve been taking Epclusa for a few weeks now. The last week I’ve felt absolutely terrible! Extreme headaches, nausea, fatigue, muscle pain, ear ringing, loss of appetite, mood swings, insomnia, depression, foggy brain! So many things! It effected all aspects of my life in such a short time.
I was initially apprehensive to take medication for my hep C as I didn’t have any symptoms but in the state I live in they make you take it (if you work in food& beverage industry) which I did. And the health dept can come remove you if you do not comply w the treatment. So I had no choice. I found nothing more than “nausea and fatigue” listed as symptoms.
After I couldn’t pretend something wasn’t absolutely going wrong with my body&mind I narrowed it down to It must be this medication! Start researching and find a lot of sad stories and similar ones to mine. The health industry does not care about people. They know how common hep is and they make these medications SO expensive and profit off of our sickness and so it seems making us sicker than before!!! If getting people hooked on the opiates that a lot of times put them on the track to get hep c in the first place! Ugh it disgusts me to my core, and I don’t know how they can get away with these things. I know this thread is a few years old.. I really hope you’re doing better. And for anyone reading this I’d love to hear some feedback/ experience as well
YES!!! My Epclusa treatment ended December 2018 and the side effects during treatment were minimal and I was so excited. However, it is now March 2019 and I feel TERRIBLE. I have major tinnitus and cannot sleep, my back hurts, my vision has gotten worse, emotionally drained, irritable, hopeless, and don't feel right at all. I felt much better before the Epclusa and I wish that I would not have done this. I had Hep C for 30 years and had minimal issues from it. I am so scared for what may come. I feel your pain!!!
your not alone
i finished in january..i feel terrible since but i have also read and watched videos online where people felt bad for 6 months before feeling normal..i think with time ..we will feel better
I so needed to hear this right now!!! I sure hope we do get to feeling better at that mark. Time will tell.
Thank God I am not alone!!! I went through treatment in 2017, and my health has declined ever since. Plus, I have all the same symptoms of side effects you guys are talking about. Fatigue, headaches, insomnia, joint pain, depression, the flu times1,0000, the list goes on! I have had other weird stuff going on as well.It is always something. And these damn doctors never know what to say when I tell them I may be feeling this way from Epclusa. They say they will read up on it, etc then send me to another doctor. Ughhh!!! This is hell on earth!
This is so scary to hear that you have been getting worse since 2017. I feel like I am getting worse everyday too! I am taking so many supplements, fasting, vitamin infusions, the list goes on. I am spending so much money to try to feel better. I do not trust doctors or pharma at all anymore! This is definitely hell! So hard to even get through the day and it is affecting my entire family!
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