VELASOF – Sofosbuvir 400mg and Velpatasvir 100mg

VELASOF by Hetero Healthcare Ltd

Velasof is also called as HETERO Velasof and it is the prescription drugs. This drug is available in a bottle/tablets form and is a combination of Velpatasvir 100 mg and Sofosbuvir 400 mg. This combination of two leading salt is really a marvel when it comes to the patients suffering from Hepatitis C. Patients can have this particular drug in the form of a single tablet on a daily basis. This drug is the first treatment of its kind that operates on all the genotypic 1 to 6 HCV in a successful manner.
Hetero Velasof is very helpful for the treatment of those people who are affected by the ailment of chronic Hepatitis C. This drug is sold under the brand name Velasof and the chief active ingredients in this drug are Velpatasvir and Sofosbuvir in the different quantities.
The manufacturing company of this medicine is Hetero Healthcare Limited in India and is sold in a bottle with the packing of 28 tablets. The Hetero healthcare Velasof medicine has been proved very effective for the patients with the chronic Hepatitis C. Being the combination of two different drugs, it has proved to be effective in the treatment of different regimes related to Hepatitis C and does the anti HCV activity in a significant manner leading to the cure of the Hepatitis C ailment.

Medicine Specification , Dose , and Administration

This drug Velasof is a combination drug of the two prime ingredients Velpatasvir and Sofosbuvir and both of them are in the specified quantities as per the manufacturing company. The quantities of the two principal ingredients in this drug are in 100 and 400mg respectively and these ingredients in itself among the best drugs when it comes to the treatment of Hepatitis C.
It is important to take Velasof as per the guidelines of your healthcare provider. If you are a patient having the cirrhosis or with compensated cirrhosis like child pugh A, then it is required for you to take the single tablet for a period of 12 weeks. You can also take this particular drug in case you are having the decompensated cirrhosis [ Child-Pugh B or C]. You can take this drug with the weight based ribavirin along with the food for a period f 12 weeks and also with the weight based ribavirin dose. Before any kind of dosage, it is important to consult your doctor or physician.
Velasof cost in India is decided as per the manufacturing company of this particular drug and there could be a slight variation in the different regions but the cost has been decided economically keeping in mind the affordability of the patients. When you use this drug as per the directions of the concerned physician or the doctor, you will see the initiation of the recovery process. When the patients takes Velasof after as per the dosage in consultation with the physician, it will terminate the virus that leads to the infection of Hepatitis C.

Side Effects of this Drug

There can be side effects when the patients consume Velasof but the side effects depend on a patient to patient. Therefore it is important for every patient to go for the proper diagnosis before undergoing the treatment with this particular drug. Some of the general adverse reactions after this drug is taken could be fatigue and headache. The level of these two can vary from patient to patient depending on the immune system. If this medicine is used with RBV in the decompensated cirrhotics, you can get the fatigue, anemia, nausea, headache, insomnia and diarrhoea. Know one thing that if the doctor is inscribing this medicine to you, he very well knows that the benefit f this particular drug to the patient is far more than the side effects he is facing. Various patients who use this medicine do not face the side effects of serious nature.

Warning

It is important to take this particular drug under the guidance of the medical doctor because Velasof is a prescription medicine and if the dosage is taken by self without any recommendation, it could lead to the side effects and some of these can be complicated. The patient has to get the thorough check done before the usage of this particular medicine and all the past medical history of the patient has to be analyzed by the doctor. The doctor will see to it that the patient may be using other prescription drugs or some herbal medications or whether the patient is suffering from any other ailment apart from Hepatitis C. The pregnant or the nursing mothers will have to make a check up with the concerned doctor before going for medication of Velasof.