IF I simply went by the US official FDA guidelines, and what my very specially trained, Gastroenterologist knew, I would presently be suffering under the horrible side effects of Ribavirin right now! A Gastroenterologist, and she's at a well respected clinic, and she's not dumb, STILL didn't know as much as Dr. Freeman on this subject with the generic meds and treating without Ribavirin.
Instead, I knew from my own research which was thankfully confirmed by Dr. Freeman, that I didn't need Ribavirin, all I needed was Sofosbuvir and Daclatasvir, which I'm now 7 weeks into, and undetected and NO side effects.
A year from now I'll bet no one will be prescribing Ribavirin anymore--Even our backwards US FDA is only saying its for GT 2 anymore, and I've read that's only because there are so few of us that no one has put in the effort to do testing of the new DAA's on the GT2's because there aren't enough of us to make for a "profitable" market supply.
GT 2b; since 80's, no prior tx, sofosbuvir and daclatasvir compounded from API's at Kingswood Pharmacy in Sydney, started tx nov 6,2015, undetected at 4 wks, UND at 8 weeks, UND at 1 week after EOT, UND at 4 weeks after EOT and UND at 8 weeks after EOT. " I feel GOOD!! I knew that I WOULD!"