Interferon alfa-2b for Hepatitis C User Reviews

• Pos...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• May 5, 2016

Interferon alfa-2b "I treated with Interferon in 2001 and with Pegasys in 2010, both of these meds ruined my life! It has caused chronic pancreatitis, chronic bronchitis, R.A., SLE lupus, Sjögren's, fibro, CFS, and many other health problems. Before treatment, I was a health nut...bench pressed well over 300 lbs...now I can barely wipe my own a##!! These meds have just about taken me out of this world! And I look and cannot believe that there is no lawsuit against the pharma companies."

• Sti...
• January 28, 2018

Interferon alfa-2b "Peg Interferon ruined my life. I would have rather had a short and happy life than be rid of hep C and feel like I'm in hell. I'm not sure that I will now have a longer lifespan, but who wants that when you have such a low quality of life? I was ready to endure the horrific side effects for 48 weeks. I was not prepared to still lose hair, have untreatable depression, and awful anxiety. I'm tired every day, I have tense muscles that ache, digestive issues, food sensitivities, take thyroid meds, and adrenal fatigue. I took the interferon from 2002-2003. Whomever was involved with this medicine is an awful person. I would rather be buried in the ground dead from liver disease than live this hell for the rest of my life. No doctors, counselors, friends, or family have a clue or any understanding of what this drug did to me. I've tried everything to be the old me. It's like my legs got cut off. But even a person in a wheelchair could at least learn to be happy."

• art...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• July 7, 2015

Interferon alfa-2b "Interferon was the worst experience of my life. The side effects were so horrible, and it never did anything good for my Hep C. After each 6-month protocol, my blood work showed no effect on the Hep C, so at that time, the only option was to do it again. But it never worked for me. Also, I never had body pain before injecting Interferon, and I still have it even after all these years later. I do not care for Interferon at all, and looking back at when I was taking it, I really don't know how I did it."

• Kan...
• February 17, 2021

"I was treated for 3 months with Pegasus, did not work (1 injection a day with Rubicon). Two years later, I was on interferon, one injection a day for 18 months. Horrible, still having issues from it. Two years later, I used Harvoni, worked after 6 months. Hep C free. Interferon was like dying slowly, no one said it would be years of depression, anxiety, muscle pain, migraines....still, that was 2008...."

• Lor...
• September 19, 2019

"I used interferon injections, 3 times a week for 52 weeks, in combination with Ribavirin 2 times a day. It was the year of the Dragon. I needed high doses of anxiety and depression meds, causing more side effects. In 1999, when I used the meds, people didn't know about Hep C. I was shunned by co-workers, causing more depression. I took a leave from work. I was home alone, and when my husband came home from work, he found reason to leave again. Smelling food cooking made me nauseated. I was so fatigued, just getting out of bed made me tired. I lost 30 pounds. My blood counts were bad. BUT, the disease was cleared, and within 4 weeks after the treatment, I was back to normal life. Any long-lasting effects were better than worrying the rest of my life that I might accidentally infect my loved ones."

• PR-...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• January 10, 2019

"Interferon cured me completely of Hep C. I took it by injections, once a day for a year. It has been 18 years since this, and all labs show no trace of Hep C. As far as side effects, a little tired, and some depression. I was in the military at the time, and the cost to me was nothing."

• Bob...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 19, 2020

"I used interferon injections once a week for 11 weeks - cured of Hep C."