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There are no natural ways to eradicate the virus from your body.View Thread



Was your viral load checked numerous times for years after the initial 24 weeks of treatment discontinuation?
If you were genotype 2 b in 1999, unless you have cirrhosis, the standard treatment was 24 weeks not 48 weeks of combination interferon and ribavirin. I am unclear why you were treated for 48 weeks.View Thread


Victrelis is the only medication approved in the VA system.
Outside of the VA system you could use either. The protocol with Incivek is different and yes the cure rates are higher.View Thread

If you have a low viral load that is confirmed with repeat testing then you have active hepatitis C and need to consider treatment options.
If you have a confirmed undetectable viral load, then you do not have chronic hepatitis C and do not need further evaluation.View Thread
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