Hepatitis C Treatment/shot?
Question by Hank: Hepatitis C treatment/shot?
Is anyone familiar with the IV Shot treatment for Hepatitis C? I know someone who has hepatitis C, whom is also known to have abused drugs in the past. That is how the person became infected with Hepatitis C in the first place – through dirty IV needles.
Well, this person claims to be “clean” now, but this person goes through “drug dealers” to obtain the so called “treatment” for hepatitis C. I was under the impression that this treatment was something you receive once a month or so, but she injects herself with it every day. I’ve never heard of an every day injection for treatment of hepatitis C.
When asked why she doesn’t go through an actual physician for this alleged treatment, she claims she doesn’t have medical insurance, so she can’t afford yet, yet she pays street peddlers for the alleged “treatment” every day, at around $ 40-50 per injection.
Does this sound like she’s legitimately using an actual treatment for hepatitis C, or does this sound like a cover up, and that she’s actually using some other illegal drug while pretending to be using hepatitis treatment? (Which I’ve never heard of an every day treatment)
Best answer:
Answer by Peace ‘N Love
i think you are right and this individual is lying to you.
Treatment for Hep. C by Mayo Clinic
“Drug therapies — pegylated interferon alfa and ribavirin
The standard of care for hepatitis C treatment is weekly injections of a drug called pegylated interferon alfa combined with twice-daily oral doses of ribavirin (Rebetol) — a broad-spectrum antiviral agent. Two pegylated interferon medications are available, peginterferon alfa-2b (Peg-Intron) and peginterferon alfa-2a (Pegasys).
The goal of HCV treatment is to clear the virus from your bloodstream. Combined pegylated interferon and ribavirin clear HCV infection in 40 percent to 80 percent of those treated. It’s success often depends on the type of infection. For example, this treatment clears infection in up to half the people with genotype 1 — the most common genotype found in the United States — and in up to 80 percent of those with genotypes 2 and 3.”
These drugs are prescribed by a physician not some random individual on the street. Pegylated interferon alfa is an injection injected once a week and ribavirin is oral medication taken daily.
There is no reason why person should be injecting themselves daily.
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