About three million Americans have chronic Hepatitis C, a liver disease thats the most common condition leading to liver transplantation in the US Although Hepatitis C is treatable, the standard 48-week therapy only cures about 40% of patients, and its side effects are notoriously brutal and very difficult for many patients to endure. But a new Duke University Medical Center study finds adding a new anti-viral drug to the standard therapy can cut the length of the treatment regimen in half, while curing more patients. Lots of people have side effects- they feel like they have the flu, a third of patients get depressed, so its not easy for patients. So being able to reduce the duration of therapy from 48 weeks to 24 weeks is really a significant benefit for patients. Renee Webb is a nurse and mom who received several accidental needle sticks back in the 1980s. She was diagnosed with Hepatitis C seven years ago, but waited to be a part of the study instead of having the standard 48-week treatment. I just dont think its something that I could have done. You really have to put life on hold for a year, and I just wasnt willing to do that with a 2 year old and a 6 year old. The study drug is telaprevir, an experimental compound that blocks an enzyme that the Hepatitis C virus needs in order to grow. Not surprisingly, about 40% of patients in the study who received the standard 48-week treatment were cured, but cure rates were significantly higher in patients who received …
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Dr. Lorenzo Rossaro, UC Davis Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology presents an update on the treatment of Hepatitis C. Series: UC Grand Rounds [4/2009] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 16056]
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This program from UCSF is part of an annual update for physicians who care for liver failure/transplant patients. UCSF is a national leader among abdominal organ transplant programs. This segment covers therapies for management of Hepatitis C in the pre-transplant patient. Series: “UCSF Transplant Update” [3/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 14086]
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I heard there are more kinds of hepatitis than A, B and C. Is this true? If this is true, how many kind are there are what are their names?
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I heard that countries like USA, China, UK & Canada do not accept people from other countries working in them if they are hepatitis B carriers.
I want to know a way.
I am a citizen from Myanmar.
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The spoken word piece about hepatitis B was produced in partnership with APAMSA (www.apamsa.org).
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I got a tattoo 5 days ago and I’m 95% sure the needle was clean but I was talking the whole time and I really forgot (stupid me). How long after getting a tattoo can you get hepatitis? Or catch anything?
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My dad got hepatitis B and another form from my brother’s mom before I was born. What are the chances that it was passed down to me? (my brother and I have different moms)
My mom died when I was 6, so I wouldn’t know.
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