Saturday, November 3, 2018

Minireview - Era of direct acting anti-viral agents for the treatment of hepatitis C

World J Hepatol. Oct 27, 2018; 10(10): 670-684
Published online Oct 27, 2018. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v10.i10.670

The different DAAs with their dose, efficacy, side effects, drug-drug interactions as well as specific treatment against different genotypes of HCV will be discussed.

Minireview
Era of direct acting anti-viral agents for the treatment of hepatitis C 
Monjur Ahmed 

Core Tip: Treatment of hepatitis C has now become much easy and simple with the advent of direct acting anti-viral agents (DAAs) against hepatitis C virus (HCV). Although the DAAs are highly effective in eradicating HCV infection, they have different mechanisms of action, side effects, resistance factors and drug-drug interactions. The treatment also varies in special situations like HCV/ human immunodeficiency virus co-infection and post-liver transplant patients. Physicians treating patients with HCV infection should have a clear knowledge about the DAAs as well as the current guidelines.

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