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Treatments for Hepatitis C
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Reviewed December 2011
15 Resources Found
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| Title: | Hepatitis C infection - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Around three-quarters of people infected with hepatitis C virus develop chronic (ongoing) infection, but antiviral treatments now have a 50 to 80 per cent cure rate. |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | Hepatitis C - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Hepatitis C is an inflammation of the liver, which may show up as an acute flu-like illness with fever and nausea. |
| Date: | Sep 2009 |
| Title: | Hep C Treatment Snapshot |
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| Publisher: | Haemophilia Foundation Australia |
| Description: | An update on current hepatitis C treatments and treatment experiences of people with bleeding disorders and hepatitis C. |
| Date: | May 2009 |
| Title: | Antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis C in patients with human immunodeficiency virus |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | End-stage liver disease due to chronic hepatitis C is the leading cause of death among patients with stable HIV. The recommended treatment for chronic hepatitis C among patients without HIV is peginterferon plus ribavirin. Based on evidence from trials ... |
| Date: | May 2009 |
| Title: | Antiviral therapy for recurrent liver graft infection with hepatitis C virus |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Antiviral therapy to treat recurrent hepatitis C infection after liver transplantation is controversial due to unresolved balance between benefits and harms. This systematic review of randomised clinical trials was performed to compare the benefits and ... |
| Date: | Mar 2009 |
| Title: | Hepatitis C: an Australian snapshot - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Find out about all about hepatitis C and how it affects Australians. |
| Date: | May 2007 |
| Title: | Bicyclol for chronic hepatitis C |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Bicyclol is a novel synthetic 'anti-hepatitis' drug, used primarily in China for patients with chronic hepatitis C. Only one small, short-term randomised clinical trial was found evaluating the efficacy of bicyclol for patients with chronic hepatitis C.... |
| Date: | Nov 2006 |
| Title: | Managing hepatitis C in the community |
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| Publisher: | Australian Prescriber |
| Description: | Infection with hepatitis C can lead to chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver, however this progression is not inevitable. Health professionals need to consider who may be at risk of the disease as the infection can be asymptomatic. |
| Date: | Apr 2006 |
| Title: | Milk thistle for alcoholic and/or hepatitis B or C virus liver diseases |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Milk thistle (Silybum marianum (L) Gaertneri) extracts have been used as medical remedies since the time of ancient Greece. Alcohol and hepatotoxic viruses are the major causes of liver diseases. Several trials have studied the effects of milk thistle f... |
| Date: | Jan 2005 |
| Title: | Glucocorticosteroids for viral hepatitis C |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Acute infection with viral hepatitis C manifests most commonly no symptoms, but frequently results in chronic infection. Chronic hepatitis C is in most cases benign, but may progress to severe illness and liver-related death. This review found no signif... |
| Date: | Dec 2003 |
| Title: | Interferon for interferon nonresponding and relapsing patients with chronic hepatitis C |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Interferon leads to sustained clearance of the hepatitis C virus from the blood in less than 20 per cent of patients. In the remaining patients, nonresponders and relapsers, additional treatment options have been studied. This systematic Review shows th... |
| Date: | Aug 2002 |
| Title: | Interferon for interferon naive patients with chronic hepatitis C |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Hepatitis C virus infection can progress to chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. The goal of this systematic review was to examine the effects of interferon treatment for interferon naive (previously untreated) patients with chron... |
| Date: | Feb 2002 |
| Title: | Needle-stick injuries in primary care |
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| Publisher: | Australian Prescriber |
| Description: | Needle-stick injuries in health-care workers are almost completely preventable by improving workplace practices, but when they do occur the consequences for the individual can be serious, regardless of the outcome in terms of infection. |
| Date: | Aug 2001 |
| Title: | Medicinal herbs for hepatitis C virus infection |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Hepatitis C is an infectious disease of the liver caused by hepatitis C virus. Around 170 million people world-wide are chronically infected with this virus. The infection is associated with severe sequelae such as liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, or live... |
| Date: | Jul 2001 |
| Title: | Interferon for acute hepatitis C |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Acute hepatitis C is rarely diagnosed because in most cases it is asymptomatic. Treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C with interferon can achieve viral clearance and improve liver biochemistry and histology. In this review, treatment with inter... |
| Date: | Jul 2001 |
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