Curing Hepatitis C: Current and Future Options for Treatment
Hepatitis C Doesn't Have to Be a Lifelong Illness

Curing Hepatitis C provides the latest information to guide you through the diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, this book provides an indispensable and comprehensive overview of everything you need to know to take the right steps toward a cure.

For the nearly 160 million people worldwide and 4 million Americans diagnosed with hepatitis C, there is now hope. Although hepatitis C was once considered incurable, medical and technological innovations have made a cure possible. A new frontier of treatment options has improved upon previous methods by curbing side-effects more effectively and working to eradicate hepatitis C entirely.  

Curing Hepatitis C also includes:
* Easy-to-understand explanations of the nature of hepatitis C
* The revealing truth of misconceptions about hepatitis C
* Tips to prevent, diagnose, cope with, and ultimately cure this disease
* An overview of types of tests and how to understand your results
* Breakthrough treatments and medications for hepatitis C, such as triple therapy
* The next generation of treatments including interferon-free regimens, QUAD therapy, host-acting antivirals, and more
* Personal anecdotes from those affected by hepatitis C
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Curing Hepatitis C: Current and Future Options for Treatment
Hepatitis C Doesn't Have to Be a Lifelong Illness

Curing Hepatitis C provides the latest information to guide you through the diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, this book provides an indispensable and comprehensive overview of everything you need to know to take the right steps toward a cure.

For the nearly 160 million people worldwide and 4 million Americans diagnosed with hepatitis C, there is now hope. Although hepatitis C was once considered incurable, medical and technological innovations have made a cure possible. A new frontier of treatment options has improved upon previous methods by curbing side-effects more effectively and working to eradicate hepatitis C entirely.  

Curing Hepatitis C also includes:
* Easy-to-understand explanations of the nature of hepatitis C
* The revealing truth of misconceptions about hepatitis C
* Tips to prevent, diagnose, cope with, and ultimately cure this disease
* An overview of types of tests and how to understand your results
* Breakthrough treatments and medications for hepatitis C, such as triple therapy
* The next generation of treatments including interferon-free regimens, QUAD therapy, host-acting antivirals, and more
* Personal anecdotes from those affected by hepatitis C
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Curing Hepatitis C: Current and Future Options for Treatment

Curing Hepatitis C: Current and Future Options for Treatment

Curing Hepatitis C: Current and Future Options for Treatment

Curing Hepatitis C: Current and Future Options for Treatment

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Hepatitis C Doesn't Have to Be a Lifelong Illness

Curing Hepatitis C provides the latest information to guide you through the diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, this book provides an indispensable and comprehensive overview of everything you need to know to take the right steps toward a cure.

For the nearly 160 million people worldwide and 4 million Americans diagnosed with hepatitis C, there is now hope. Although hepatitis C was once considered incurable, medical and technological innovations have made a cure possible. A new frontier of treatment options has improved upon previous methods by curbing side-effects more effectively and working to eradicate hepatitis C entirely.  

Curing Hepatitis C also includes:
* Easy-to-understand explanations of the nature of hepatitis C
* The revealing truth of misconceptions about hepatitis C
* Tips to prevent, diagnose, cope with, and ultimately cure this disease
* An overview of types of tests and how to understand your results
* Breakthrough treatments and medications for hepatitis C, such as triple therapy
* The next generation of treatments including interferon-free regimens, QUAD therapy, host-acting antivirals, and more
* Personal anecdotes from those affected by hepatitis C

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781578264254
Publisher: Hatherleigh Press
Publication date: 08/21/2012
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 8.84(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Gregory T. Everson, M.D., F.A.C.P., one of the country's leading hepatologists, is a Professor of Medicine and Director of Hepatology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Everson is a distinguished Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American Gastroenterology Association.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

Foreword 5

1 The Basics of Hepatitis C 7

An Introduction

2 Diagnosing Hepatitis C and Testing Your Liver Antibodies 24

HCV RNA

HCV Genotypes

IL-28B Genotypes

Liver Biopsies

Radiologic Imaging

Blood Tests

3 Pegylated Interferon Plus Ribavirin 36

Backbone of Triple Therapy for HCV Genotype 1

Current Standard of Treatment for Non-1 Genotypes

4 Candidates for Triple Therapy 61

What Is Triple Therapy?

Should I Be Treated with Triple Therapy?

5 Treatment with Triple Therapy 83

First Generation Inhibitors of the HCV NS3/4A Protease

6 The Future of HCV Treatment 115

Beyond Triple Therapy

7 Re-Treatment After Prior Treatment with Direct-Acting Antivirals 135

What Might Be the Future Options?

Bibliography 151

Glossary 165

Index 169

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