Now I spend treatment for hepatitis C drug Pegasys 180 mcg / week. Treatment lasts for 2 months, made 10 injections. Now in the blood of hepatitis B virus is not detected. 1 You can be judged on this basis, the outcome of treatment? Can we expect a full recovery? 2. Quite difficult to tolerate the side effects of Pegasys, became depressed. After 10 injections the doctor suggests a break in treatment to reduce side effects. If I agree to make this break, is not it happen that during the break, the virus is activated again, and after will have what is called, start all over again. 3. Heard this information, that treatment Pegasys can last 24 or 48 weeks .. Is this true? Does this mean that if the time limit of 23 weeks of treatment, the therapy will not be complete or incomplete? Elena

Respond Tatyana Stepanova, a gastroenterologist, hepatologist 1.We spend a combined therapy of hepatitis C. Our patients receive one type of interferon and ribavirin. If you receive PEGASYS therapy only, the probability of full recovery is reduced. 2.Inogda, the development of side effects, we miss a single injection, or reduce the dose preparata.Eto not significantly affect the results of treatment. 3. The course of treatment for hepatitis C lasts 24 weeks (when no genotype 1b), 48 weeks (genotype 1b). Treatment for 23 weeks is considered incomplete. Similar question: ... Ursosan. passed 12nedel I have ... say stop treatment. Can I