Is there treatment for hepatitis C?

Yes, it's pegylated interferon & ribavirin taken for 48 weeks. I did the treatment almost 8 years ago and have been cleared of hep c since. Get a lot of information on it and learn how to manage side effects. The better prepared you are, the better your chances of clearing the virus are. Best wishes. Feel free to email if you have more questions. I facilitate a support group for HCV since 2001.

I've had several people in my support group who have tried infergen. Most were not able to tolerate the medication for long, thus none were able to respond to the treatment. One guy did do the whole year long + course of treatment, but he was a non-responder to infergen, too. I just haven't seen it prove itself like the peg + riba combo. That's my unofficial, unmedical opinion. :-)

A new treatment for Hepatitis C which includes a longer-acting form of interferon has been found to cure more patients and cause less side effects, in a study conducted in 81 medical centers.

The experimental treatment includes a once-a-week shot of Pegasys, a long-acting form of interferon known as pegylated interferon, along with daily antiviral pills called ribavirin. The standard treatment for Hepatitis C has been three shots of shorter-acting interferon per week along with the ribavirin pills.

some of you may be unaware but Infergen is the newer form of treatment....side effects are supposed to be less than that of pegulated interferon.

there is also low dose interferon.

so, with that being said, yes there are treatments for hcv infection.

There definately IS a treatment for Hep C...as I am on it. There are also different genotypes of the Hep C virus. Treatment with the weekly interferon shots and the pills twice daily...is a long and winding road. Depending on the genotype...treatments last either 24 or 48 weeks. Success of a cure with the treatment also varies by genotype. 80% with the 24 week and 50% with the 48 week.

Myself...I'm 5 weeks in...43 to go!