Oral Agents treatment for Hepatitis C

[LifelongSailor]

I have been through the 48 week treatment with Interferon and Ribovarin and needed help from Procrit and Neuprogen as well as ten blood transfusions to make it through.  Within weeks, I relapsed.  My doctor at the University of Miami Center for Liver Diseases has been telling about the new treatment on the horizon that uses only Oral Agents.

Can someone tell me where that stands as of August 2010?

[FlGuy]

I'm a little surprised at that response from the UM guys, unless the concept was mis-conveyed to you.  There are additional (at least a couple) oral meds that are becoming available in the near future.  The UM liverheads have been involved with these new meds for several years in the clinical trial mode.  I would expect that the message might have been that there are more oral meds and not necessarily that the treatment would be all oral.  The way it looks, it will still be Peg and Riba with the addition of an oral meds, like teleprivir or boceprivir - or/plus other new meds in the pipeline. If that's the case, future treament will have continued risk for stuff that requires Procrit and Neup.

[child24angel]

I'm sorry about your relapse.

I have to tell you , I don't know of any treatment for HCV that uses only
oral agents yet.  I wish there was.  I've not heard of this before.
Perhaps others will chime in, if they have heard of it.

Good luck to you !
Elaine