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hey everyone,I'm 51 and have had hep c since the 80's,last month I started getting sick,but Im having a heck of a time getting the treatment alot of roadblocks,called the pegysys people and they gave me a big complicatede answer that basically put me in a catch 22,poor,but not poor enough,they say acsess insurance will pay but they arent,so now what,.this is absolutely ridiculous.I need to get well,feel like crap,still working and feeling worse by working to hard.does anyone know where I can get the medicine besides pegasys program,call or text me 520-245-0401 on my cell here in show low az.dont have a computer,peace and god bless everyone
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ALL HCV SUPPORT GROUPS: We need YOUR HELP and so do the other 170 million people with HCV!

This past April 2012, results of a drug trial by Gilead Sciences and Bristol-Myers, combining GS-7977 daclatasvir (formerly BMS 790052), were released at the European Study for Liver Disease. This drug combination CURED 100% of genotype 1, and 91% of genotype 2/3"026.WITHOUT interferon OR ribavirin. (See attached screen shot of results.)

To the dismay of the HCV community and clinicians/doctors, Gilead Sciences (the company with GS-7977) announced they would not be going forward with Phase III trials due to "profit concerns".

Quoting Dr. Scott Friedman, chief of liver diseases at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York: "The only appropriate motivation should be what is the best and fastest way to get cures, not what is best for the shareholders."

We have formed a grassroots efforts, the Texas HCV Coalition for The Cure, and have started a petition atChange.org "urging" Gilead Sciences to move forward immediately with trials for this life-saving drug combination of GS-7977 daclatasvir.

In essence, it is as follows:

Two Companies: Gilead Sciences and Bristol-Myers Squibb

Two Drugs: GS-7977 daclatasvir

One Cure: For Hepatitis C (without ribavirin or interferon)

We are reaching out to everyone in the HCV community groups, doctors and clinicians, the AASLD, ALF, U.S. Senator John Cornyn, and local media here in south Texas. We have created a Facebook page called Hepatitis C Can Be Cured and invite you to join it for continued updates about this extremely urgent and dire situation. Once you are at the website for the petition, you can view various links to TV, newspaper articles, youtube videos, etc. (link below).

You can help us in this URGENT matter by signing the petition at Change.org at the link provided below, and please ask anyone and everyone you know to sign as well. We currently have over 6000 signatures and are working hard to get as many as possible and as quickly as possible.

Please feel free to contact me at any time if you or your support group has any questions or needs additional information.

Sincerely,

Margaret Dudley
Texas HCV Coalition for The Cure
210-493-0304
mdudley@sbcglobal.net

Link to petition:
http://www.change.org/petitions/gilead-sciences-please-collaborate-with-bristol-myers-for-the-cure-for-hepatitis-c-now

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