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A member asked:
If u have hep c & been told that u have fought it with your antibodies do u still have hep c in your system should u take medication.thanks?
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Not if cured: There are now some truly excellent genotype-specific anti-hepatitis C treatments, AASLD/IDSA-recommended, that replace traditional interferon/ribavirin with outstanding efficacy & tolerability, & are entirely oral. However, if you have antibody to hep C but are reproducibly negative for detectable virus, you're cured.
Answered 7/31/2015
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