What Is the Treatment Like for Hepatitis C?
Question by Steven: what is the treatment like for hepatitis C?
what does stage one mean? They were saying you have to take powerful drugs Pegasys.
Peginterferon alfa-2a. It has a list of side effects like any drug but what does it actually do?
What can you expect to happen?
I just need any information that you can offer, please.
Best answer:
Answer by Gemma G
Heaptits C
The current treatment with peginterferon and ribavirin is currently the best treatment. A second treatment with the same medicines isn’t advised for most patients who fail to clear the virus.
All is not as bleak as it might seem. About 20 percent of hepatitis patients eventually develop liver cirrhosis in 20 or more years after they became infected, and a smaller number come down with liver cancer.
The majority of infected patients do not suffer these consequences.
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20101020/OPINION03/10200304/1445/OPINION0370#ixzz12vhgZXXv
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Answer by william
stage 1 means mild fibrosis of the liver – early stage disease – the side effects vary from person to person – some experience only mild ones – others are more pronounced – there are 4 or 5 interferons now on the market – they are combined with ribavirin – the side effects with the highest occurance rates are flulike symptoms fatigue rash anemia hair loss weight loss – there can be severe sides like allergic reaction chest pain severe depression
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