Hepatitis C can be cured in the initial stages, but, for people with people acute Hepatitis C, there’s no cure or treatment yet that have been discovered.
Chemicals such as interferon, peginterferon, and ribavirin used to be the main relief from the ailment. But, their drawback was that they had varied side-effects like fatigue, skin rashes, a certain amount of anxiety, causing depression, nausea, anemia, diarrhea, and also these medicines gave rise to flu-like symptoms.
Now, new cures for Hepatitis C have been found and developed in the present years. New medicines are available now which are considered more beneficial and have lesser side-effects. Some of these medicines along with their dosage period include:
- Daclatasvir (Daklinza): 12 weeks.
- Sofosbuvir – velpatasvir (Epclusa): 12 weeks.
- Ledipasvir-sofosbuvir (Harvoni): 8-12 weeks.
- Glecaprevir and pibrentasvir (Mavyret): 8 weeks.
- Ribavirin (Copegus, Moderiba, Rebetol, Ribasphere, Virazole): 24 to 48 weeks or longer.
- Sofosbuvir (Sovaldi) with interferon and ribavirin: 12 to 24 weeks.
- Elbasvir-grazoprevir (Zepatier): treats almost 97% of the users.
- Ombitasvir-paritaprevir- ritonavir (Technivie)
- Ombitasvir-paritaprevir-dasabuvir-ritonavir (Viekira Pack): 12 to 24 weeks.
- Sofosbuvir-velpatasvir-voxilaprevir (Vosevi)
Though it is to be noted that not everyone suffering from Hepatitis C needs a treatment procedure. There are people with an immune system strong enough to get rid of the infection from the body. In this case, your doctor might check regularly your liver functioning by conducting blood tests. Living with a disease such as Hepatitis C is one of the toughest challenges a person can experience but, there are ways to control the virus and live a normal and marvelous life.
