Possibilities of modern medicine in the treatment of viral hepatitis C

Hepatitis C is a frightening diagnosis for all people living on our planet without exception. If we consider that the virus does not manifest itself at all after entering the body and quietly multiplies and spreads at too fast a pace, producing up to fifty replicas per day by self-copying, then the changes in the body until it is detected turn out to be too serious. Doctors are not always able to detect a problem at the initial stage of its development. Most often, a complication such as cirrhosis already occurs.

Based on the characteristics of the disease itself, treatment is also complicated. Until 2013, the only possible type of therapy was the use of interferons. It gave its results, but only in about half of all cases. The general course of such therapy was up to a year. many patients could not receive treatment, since there were contraindications and serious side effects that did not allow this.

How the hepatitis C virus is treated in Nizhny Novgorod and in Russia as a whole today

At the current time, there are two directions in the treatment of HCV in our country. Some doctors, having no other option for their patients, continue to practice a treatment protocol that is outdated in many countries. However, a different technique is increasingly being used to combat one of the most dangerous viruses existing on the planet today. It consists in the use of innovative drugs based on active ingredients:

• Sofosbuvir;
• Velpatasvir;
• Daclatasvir;
• Ledipasvir;
• Tenofovir.

There are both original drugs on sale that act on the viral protein and allow you to get the effect of treatment in 99% of cases in just twelve to twenty-four weeks, as well as analog Indian drugs that have identical properties to the original ones. The only difference between the drugs is the pricing policy. American drugs are too expensive. Only a few can afford such expenses, according to statistics, one percent of all patients. Generics are hundreds of times cheaper, so their availability is more realistic for ordinary people. Especially when you consider that there is no government program providing free treatment to patients and people are forced to pay for all medications out of their own pocket.

In addition to the fact that the course of treatment takes much less time than before, medications do not have serious side effects in most cases. The tablet form of release allows you to undergo treatment not in a hospital, but under normal conditions without interruption from your main activity.

Sales and cost of new generation anti-HCV drugs

The cost of hepatitis treatment in Nizhny Novgorod and other cities of Russia, as well as in neighboring countries and beyond, is approximately the same. A full course of treatment usually requires about a thousand dollars. It all depends on the duration of the therapeutic course and the drugs themselves. It is not yet possible to purchase generics in our pharmacies today, since they are not registered. You can buy them in an online pharmacy at a very reasonable price.

According to the website gepatit-stop.ru