Danny Video – Transcript
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My MAVYRET Moment
For adults with chronic hepatitis C (hep C) genotypes 1–6. By prescription only.
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REAL STORIES OF CURE*
*Cure means no virus found in the blood 3 months after treatment ends. Individual results may vary.
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Meet Danny
Weehawken, NJ
Danny:
I’m Danny.
Jamie:
My name is Jamie.
Danny:
My first date with her was October 4th of ‘99. Almost 19 years together.
Danny:
Right?
Jamie:
Yeah. Yeah.
Danny:
And it’s been great.
Danny:
We have 2 boys: Jaden, who’s 14, and Jayce; he’s 9. They’re both great kids.
Jamie:
We have a great bond. It’s always us together.
Danny:
When I first got diagnosed with hep C in 2002 I knew of interferon. It was my medical doctor that said, “Let’s hold off on this.”
Got diagnosed in 2002, and it was 2018. My doctor told me that MAVYRET is an 8-week treatment. For me the process was very simple.
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8-week treatment for those not previously treated, without cirrhosis, and no history of liver or kidney transplant.
Danny:
There was times I was on the bus heading to work, and I would just take something to eat with me.
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MAVYRET is taken as 3 tablets at one time each day with food.
Danny:
Made sure every day I took my pills. During my treatment with MAVYRET, I looked forward to every day because I knew I was one step closer of being cured.
The doctor’s office called and told me they had great news—that I’m cured.
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*Cure means no virus found in the blood 3 months after treatment ends. Individual results may vary.
Danny:
Jamie was pulling away in the driveway. First thing I did was run out of the house, banged on the car. “I’m cured!” We cried. The kids cried. I’m going to cry right now...it was touching...it was.
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Individual results may vary.
Jaime:
That phone call that he was cured just felt so amazing. It really did. It felt like a release.
Danny:
Yeah.
Jaime:
Like it’s over. All this time we worried, and now it’s over.
Danny:
Well, I definitely would urge anybody out there that is living with hepatitis C to go speak to their doctor. Ask them about MAVYRET.
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MAVYRET IS THE ONLY 8-WEEK CURE
8-week treatment for those not previously treated, without cirrhosis, and no history of liver or kidney transplant.
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MAVYRET is the only 8-week cure for all common types of hep C.
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If you have ever had hepatitis B it may flare up and cause serious liver problems.
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Before starting MAVYRET, your doctor will test if you’ve had hepatitis B which may flare up and cause serious liver problems during and after treatment. Tell your doctor if you’ve had hepatitis B, a liver or kidney transplant, other liver problems, HIV-1, other medical conditions, and all medicines you take, including herbal supplements.
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Don’t take MAVYRET with atazanavir or rifampin, or if you’ve had certain liver problems.
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Don’t take MAVYRET with atazanavir or rifampin, or if you’ve had certain liver problems. Common side effects include headache and tiredness.
Danny:
As a father, as a husband, I once said, "I have hepatitis C," now I can say, "I had hepatitis C."
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Individual results may vary.
Danny:
My name is Danny, and I was cured in just 8 weeks with MAVYRET.
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Please view full Prescribing Information, including Patient Information, on MAVYRET.com.
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Ready to find your cure? Ask your doctor about MAVYRET today.
1-877-MAVYRET
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USE
MAVYRET is a prescription medicine used to treat adults and children 12 years of age and older or weighing at least 99 pounds (45 kilograms) with:
- chronic (lasting a long time) hepatitis C virus (hep C) genotypes (GT) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 infection without cirrhosis or with compensated cirrhosis.
- GT 1 infection and have been previously treated with a regimen that contained a hep C NS5A inhibitor or an NS3/4A protease inhibitor, but not both.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION ABOUT MAVYRET® (GLECAPREVIR/PIBRENTASVIR)
What is the most important information I should know about MAVYRET?
Hepatitis B virus (hep B) reactivation: Before starting treatment with MAVYRET, your doctor will do blood tests to check for hep B infection. If you have ever had hep B infection, hep B could become active again during or after treatment for hep C with MAVYRET. Hep B that becomes active again (called reactivation) may cause serious liver problems, including liver failure and death. Your doctor will monitor you if you are at risk for hep B reactivation during treatment and after you stop taking MAVYRET.
Do not take MAVYRET if you:
- Have certain liver problems
- Are taking the medicines atazanavir or rifampin
What should I tell my doctor before taking MAVYRET?
- If you have had hep B infection, have liver problems other than hep C infection, have HIV-1 infection, have had a liver or a kidney transplant, and all other medical conditions.
- If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant, or if you are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if MAVYRET will harm your unborn baby or pass into your breast milk. Talk to your doctor about the best way to feed your baby if you take MAVYRET.
- About all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. MAVYRET and other medicines may affect each other. This can cause you to have too much or not enough MAVYRET or other medicines in your body. This may affect the way MAVYRET or your other medicines work or may cause side effects.
- Do not start taking a new medicine without telling your doctor. Your doctor can tell you if it is safe to take MAVYRET with other medicines.
What are the possible side effects of MAVYRET?
- In people who had or have advanced liver problems before starting treatment with MAVYRET, there is a rare risk of worsening liver problems, liver failure, and death. Your doctor will check you for signs and symptoms of worsening liver problems during treatment with MAVYRET. Tell your doctor right away if you have any of the following: nausea; tiredness; yellowing of your skin or white part of your eyes; bleeding or bruising more easily than normal; confusion; dark, black, or bloody stool; loss of appetite; diarrhea; dark or brown (tea-colored) urine; swelling or pain on the upper right side of your stomach area (abdomen); sleepiness; vomiting of blood; or lightheadedness.
- The most common side effects of MAVYRET are headache and tiredness.
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