Most antibiotics raise the viral load. I have PhD.s arguing 
                      about this telling me that some are better for one reason 
                      or another. 
                    Facts are, there is no basis in fact to their positions. 
                    
                    Hepatitis C virus reacts to some of them more than others 
                      and I am doing my best to understand them.
                    I remember getting sick everytime I took antibiotics. I 
                      would tell the doctor and they thought I was just a nut 
                      case. My dentist thinks I am a fanatic because I refuse 
                      to take them. One pill can make me sick for days. The following 
                      may be one of the reasons why.
                    Do yourselves a favor for the New Year! Do not take antibiotics 
                      unless you are going to die if you do not!
                    Below is a statement about antibiotics and their effect 
                      on the liver which may not be related to HCV. 
                    I see antiboitics raise the viral load over 10 MILLION 
                      points with as few as 3 pills!
                     In good health
                      Lloyd
                    Antibiotic-associated 
                      hepatitis: update from 1990
                    
                    November 21, 2004 
                    
                    50% of people with hepatitis c who take just a few antibiotics 
                      will have there viral load double to quadruple. 
                    The other 50% have their viral load go up 10 million points 
                      or more.
                    I have observed this hundreds of times and have been reporting 
                      it for many years.
                      It appears that a antibiotic called "LEVAQUIN" 
                      which is generic for "LEVOFLOXOCIN" does not appear 
                      to raise the viral load. I do not know if this hold true 
                      in all cases but it seems to be consistent in the cases 
                      I have observed.
                    If you have to take a antibiotic and you have hepatitis 
                      C, demand this from your doctor instead of whatever he was 
                      going to give you.
                    In good health
                      Lloyd