Treatments for Hepatitis C

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Reviewed January 2009

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Title:   Hepatitis C - myDr.com.au
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 - Bleeding Disorders
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 therapy for recurrent liver graft infection with hepatitis C virus
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Antiviral therapy to treat recurrent hepatitis C infection after liver transplantation is controversial. This systematic review of randomised clinical trials was performed to compare the benefits and side effects of different antiviral therapies in pati...
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Hepatitis C: an Australian snapshot - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out about all about hepatitis C and how it affects Australians.
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Bicyclol for chronic hepatitis C
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
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:   Hepatitis C infection - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Thousands of Australians have been found to be infected with hepatitis C since the virus was first discovered in 1989.
Date:   Apr 2005
Title:   Milk thistle for alcoholic and/or hepatitis B or C virus liver diseases
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
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
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:   Hepatitis C Treatment Information Combination Therapy (Interferon and Ribavirin)
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Explains the treatments for hepatitis C and the possible side effects that may occur as a result of the treatment.
Date:   Jul 2002
Title:   Interferon for interferon naive patients with chronic hepatitis C
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
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
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
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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