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Q: Hep C Type 1-A Treatments: should I stop or continue?

asked by: DoctorQuestion on September 10th, 2006

i am at the begning of level two of my hep c type 1-A. i have started the rebetol and pegintron. i had to stop treatment. the doctor says i have to start over for one year,even though my enzimes are ok right now. i am woundering how serious is to do my treatment now or wait. i guess they want ahead start on it.

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on September 20th, 2006

Hepatitis, A,B,C, Liver Disorders Answer A1516

I'll need to know why you had to stop the treatment...was it because of the side effects or because of a lack of response to the therapy? Treatment for hepatitis C type-1 lasts 48 weeks. If there are no therapeutic responses after 12 weeks of treatment (the virus is still detectible), the therapy can be stopped.

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