When someone has confirmed hepatitis C infection, the doctor will order more tests to assess the degree of liver damage. A liver biopsy may be performed. There are several different strains of hepatitis C virus that respond to different treatments. For this reason, the doctor will order a test...
Novel all-oral hep C treatments deliver in USdoi:10.1007/s40274-014-1260-xNoneSpringer International PublishingPharmacoeconomics & Outcomes News
especially seeing as I have to make a major decision based upon the results. Basically, the doctor has said that if my liver seems to be doing ok and has minimal ‘damage’ than I might be in a position to wait for new interferon free treatments to come along. Based upon my research ...
the Viekira regimen (ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir and dasabuvir)—but they are approved only for those with genotypes 1 or 4 of the virus. In other words, these treatments are not pangenotypic—a term that refers to DAA regimens that treat all six major HCV genotypes—and don’t provi...
As more has been learned about how hepatitis C virus multiplies (reproduces) within the liver cells, new drugs continue to be developed to interfere with this multiplication at different stages. As such, we no longer think in terms of generations of drugs, but rather categories of action. Res...
New ReplyFollowNew Topic nanni31061over a year ago Hi, my sister is 28 years old and she is suffering from hepatitis C. She finds it out several days before and she is very worried. Her boyfriend doesn't have hepatitis so I don't know how she could have got it. I would like to ...
“Our study has shown how in London and Brighton, regular screening and greater access to these new treatments have resulted in a significant fall in new cases of hepatitis C and transmission of the infection,” Garvey said in a press release. ...
This consideration, as well as the fact that half the patients show no effect or only transient relief from this treatment, has led to intense efforts to develop new treatments. These include efforts to develop vaccines as well as efforts to develop antiviral agents that will interrupt virus ...
New ReplyFollowNew Topic roderic1396181310over a year ago My ex husband told me about his hep c diagnosis a week back. Has has known it for a while now but chose not to tell anyone else about it for a while. We kind of co-parent, though he has been in and out of our lives over...
Hepatitis C is one of the most common types of viral hepatitis. Learn more about how you get hep C, the symptoms, how it's diagnosed, and the most common treatments.