Hepatitis C can be cured with medicines prescribed by the doctor, but depending on the type of treatment the cure can range from 50 to 100%.
The treatment regimen performed with Interferon is less effective and not everyone is cured and therefore it is possible to remain with the virus in the liver even after the end of treatment and in this case the person will be classified as having chronic hepatitis C. However, a new treatment regimen was approved by Anvisa in 2016 and has a greater chance of cure, ranging from 80 to 100% and thus the virus can be eliminated completely from the liver.
Hepatitis C Remedies
Usually, treatment of hepatitis C is done with the use of medications such as Interferon and Ribavirin for 6 months to 1 year, and interferon is an injection that should be given once a week and ribavirin includes taking tablets daily .
A new treatment has shown that it greatly increases the chances of curing hepatitis C and consists of a combination of the medicines Sofosbuvir, Simeprevir and Daklinza that should be used for at least 12 or 24 weeks, with fewer side effects than the previous ones. This combination of drugs should be taken only twice daily but is contraindicated in case of pregnancy.
However, this new combination has a high financial cost and are still not offered by SUS. The combination of sofosbuvir + simeprevir for 12 weeks costs approximately 25 thousand reais and the combination of sofosbuvir + daclastavir for 12 weeks, about 24 thousand reais. In addition to this combination, the doctor can also opt for a therapeutic regimen that includes Interferon, Ribavirin and daclastavir for 24 weeks, costing approximately 16 thousand reais.
Cure with this treatment ranges from 80 to 100% depending on whether there is cirrhosis and whether the person has previously had any treatment. There is a greater chance of cure when the person has not yet developed cirrhosis, has recently been infected, or has already been treated for hepatitis previously or is still performing.
How to know if I'm cured of hepatitis C
After 6 months from the end of treatment indicated by the doctor the patient should repeat the ALT, AST, alkaline phosphatase, GT gamma and bilirubin blood tests to see if the virus has been eliminated from the liver or not.
If the virus has not been cleared, the doctor may, in some cases, prescribe a new round of treatment.
It is important to follow the treatment prescribed by the doctor to try to cure hepatitis C because hepatitis C does not cure itself and because chronic hepatitis C has complications that may include liver cirrhosis and liver cancer, and in these cases treatment may include liver transplantation. liver.
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Side effects of medications
The most commonly used drugs for the treatment of hepatitis C, such as Interferon, Ribavirin, Sofosbuvir or Daklinza cause side effects like headache, nausea, vomiting, pain throughout the body fever and chills and therefore many patients drop out of treatment, raising the risk of developing cirrhosis and liver cancer.
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