After Hep C Treatment Side Effects

Cough is a common respiratory side effect of hepatitis c treatment.

After hep c treatment side effects.

See your doctor if you often feel out of breath or if you have a fever and a deep cough that produces thick sputum. Your liver has some scarring fibrosis. I hurt all over my body and felt worst than before i began the treatment. Also treatment lengths are shorter.

In the era of highly effective daas a new and unanticipated adverse effect of hepatitis c therapy is flare up of liver inflammation in those who have had hepatitis b. Interferons caused many long term side effects partly because of this long treatment time. To manage a cough. Fatigue nausea itching skin reactions insomnia weakness severe liver injury if given to someone who already has severe liver disease.

Post treatment side effects shortly after i stopped treatment nausea and fatigue set in and i literally felt the virus was back with a vengeance. Changes in your ability to taste. 1 this may occur even if hepatitis b infection resolved years earlier. I begged my clinical nurse to test me for hep c and viral load again.

The newest hcv drugs have fewer and milder side effects. Like most drugs hepatitis c medications may cause side effects. Before 2014 the drugs used to treat chronic hepatitis c virus hcv infection had many side effects some of which were severe. In many cases your doctor can adjust your dose and.

During treatment you may notice. You don t take your pills as prescribed. The most common side effects reported with this drug were fatigue headache asthenia and nausea. Interferon treatment for hepatitis c would typically last 24 48 weeks 6 12 months.

Less exposure to the medicines reduces the risk of side. The more common side effects of ribavirin can include. Shortness of breath also may develop as may airway and lung infections. When this drug was studied with ribavirin the most common side effects to this combination were consistent with known ribavirin side effects.