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Treatment that cures hepatitis C is available. Early treatment can prevent serious complications like liver scarring, liver cancer and death. If you have hepatitis C, talk to your doctor about treatment right away.
Antiviral medicines treat hepatitis C. They're used to clear the virus from the body. The goal of treatment is to have no hepatitis C virus found in the body for at least 12 weeks after treatment ends. Some newer antiviral medicines, called direct-acting, have better outcomes, fewer side effects and shorter treatment times.
Chronic hepatitis C needs treatment with medication. Drugs can help ease symptoms and, in many cases, cure the condition.
Common Hepatitis C medications include Epclusa, Mavyret, Harvoni, Sovaldi, Zepatier, and others. Hepatitis C is treated with antiviral medications that are tablets or capsules.
Mayo Clinic doctors have many treatments for hepatitis C, an infection caused by a virus that attacks your liver. If hepatitis causes severe damage to your liver, you may need a liver transplant.
Genotype 1 is the most common form of hepatitis C in the United States, and patients are often treated with a combination of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir or other regimens. Roughly 95 percent of patients treated with these drugs can be cured.
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) spreads through contact with blood that has the virus in it. Newer antiviral medicines are the treatment of choice for most people with the ongoing, called chronic, hepatitis C infection.