HCV Treatment Options

Until 1998, interferon alone (monotherapy) was the only approved treatment for HCV infection. Today, the standard of care for treating HCV is the combination of pegylated interferon plus ribavirin. Research is ongoing to develop new and better medications, including helicase inhibitors, protease inhibitors, and antifibrotic medications.

There are also several alternative and complementary treatments that people have used to treat HCV infection, for example, milk thistle (silymarin) and licorice root (glycyrrhizin). Herbal and other alternative therapies are discussed in a fact sheet from the hepatitis C Support Project. [for more on HCV treatment options, download "A Guide to Understanding Hepatitis C"]

Resource Documents Available for Downloading* (English Version)

• A Guide to Understanding Hepatitis C (270kb)
• What Can I Do? (32kb)
• Know the Facts (2.1mb)
• Diet and Your Liver or Nutrition (2.1mb)
• ABCs of Hepatitis (2.1mb)
• Herbs and Hepatitis C (67kb)

For more information about Hepatitic C, please visit: http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hepatitis/factsheets.asp

Resource Documents Available for Downloading* (en Español)

• A Guide to Understanding Hepatitis C (611kb)
• Know the Facts (840kb)
• Diet and Your Liver or Nutrition (16kb)
• ABCs of Hepatitis (2.1mb)
• Herbs and Hepatitis C (95kb)
• Living with Hepatitis C (1.5mb)
• E-Z Living Packet (611kb)

For more information about Hepatitic C (en Español), please visit : http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hepatitis/factsheets.asp