Are The Hep C Cures Actually Cures?

[disorder]

I'm pretty well read on sexual health in general but have little knowledge on the recently marketed cures for HEP C.

[Guest Porthos]

From what I've read the new meds for Hep C are incredibly effective with very few side effects....Unfortunately the regimen can cost upwards of $80,000.

[niceguy70]

I'm no expert, i only know what i've looked up on the net.

but in the uk there is a very good treatment for Hep c and most cases are cured with a short course of pills..

text below is copied from the NHS website on the subject, and UK residents can get this for free, confidentially, at any
GUM clinic or sexual health drop in centre.
 

 

Hepatitis C can be treated with a combination of medicines that stop the virus multiplying inside the body. These usually need to be taken for several months.

Most people will take two main medications called pegylated interferon (a weekly injection) and ribavirin (a capsule or tablet), although newer tablet-only treatments are likely to replace the interferon injections for most people in the near future.

These newer hepatitis C medications have been found to make treatment more effective. They include simeprevir, sofosbuvir and daclatasvir.

Using the latest medications, up to 90% or more of people with hepatitis C may be cured. However, it's important to be aware that you won't be immune to the infection and should take steps to reduce your risk of becoming infected again.

[Biker18914]

A friend of mine do a cure while it was being tested. A little tired but no other side effects.

 

At 9 months, no sign of hep c.

[FillMyArse]

I'm no expert, i only know what i've looked up on the net.

but in the uk there is a very good treatment for Hep c and most cases are cured with a short course of pills..

text below is copied from the NHS website on the subject, and UK residents can get this for free, confidentially, at any

GUM clinic or sexual health drop in centre.

 

 

If only that were true - I'd be cured by now! GUM clinics that don't have HepC specialists (ie most, if not all, of them) will refer you to your nearest hospital with a HepC consultant. Then you'll be given appointments every 3-6 months depending on how 'healthy' you are with blood tests at each. Liver Biopsy (with local anaesthetic) will be performed which is a day in hospital. Then depending on those results will depend where you get put in the pile for treatment... I'm at the very bottom of that pile as I'm a very healthy patient. Next appointment I've got is in April and I'm already resigned myself to thinking I still won't be offered treatment at that appointment.

 

Once on treatment, newest regimes have approx 3month/12week treatment period with follow up bloods to ensure you have cleared the virus.

[Leather69]

I have been advised by my liver specialist that the new treatment procedures are very (over90%) effective with geno types 1-4 and less so for the others. It requires a 3 month course of two pills, one daily and one every two days. In Australia it is very expensive at the moment, but the medication is on the Pharma Benefits Scheme from the first of March. Cost then will be about $38 a script.

I have blood tests scheduled in early march to see how my liver is going ( hep c load was going down naturally) and then maybe medication.

Will have to be a bit more careful with who I fuck with when I'm back to normal (will give the Berlin orgies a miss!) 

[niceguy70]

i was only going off what it said on the NHS choices site about the treatments available. I'm sure you will know more about it all as you have experienced it first hand.

My local clinic is also the local hospital, so i guess if ever i went for that treatment then it wouldn't be as complex, i guess. who knows.. i hope i don't have to find out anytime soon anyway

Edited January 2, 2016 by Nay80

[PERVERSATILE]

I did Sovaldi- totally cured -easy regimen- no side effects. - But you can catch Hep C again

[niceguy70]

I'm sure that in no time at all there will be immunisations against C like there are B