High priced anti-viral drugs do NOTHING to prevent hepatitis C, study finds

Saturday, June 17, 2017
By Paul Martin

by: Tracey Watson
NaturalNews.com
Friday, June 16, 2017

The word “hepatitis” refers to inflammation of the liver, and can have several causes, including heavy alcohol use, exposure to toxins, or a bacterial or viral infection. There are three different types of viral infections: hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, which are caused by different viruses, and have different methods of transmission. Among this family of viruses, hepatitis C is the most dangerous, and is spread through contact with the blood of an infected person. A hepatitis C infection can last a lifetime, and can cause serious damage to the liver, ultimately resulting in cirrhosis (scarring) or even liver cancer. Hepatitis C kills about 700,000 people globally each year.

It is understandable, therefore, that the announcement of the release of an antiviral drug marketed as a “miracle” cure for hep C was received with great joy by many. However, a damning new study by the Cochrane Collaboration in Copenhagen, Denmark, has found that this $40,000 “miracle” cure might not be quite so miraculous, after all.

Though the astronomical price tag might have been out of the reach of many, there were lots of other patients who were more than happy to pay to avoid the death sentence so often attached to a hep C diagnosis.

These direct-acting antiviral drugs (DAAs) promise to completely clear the virus from the blood within 12 weeks, and it would seem that they do successfully fulfill this specific obligation.

In assessing all the DAA drug company trials, however, the Danish researchers determined that while clearing the virus from the blood, there is no evidence that these treatments actually fully remove hep C from the body. Their concern is that the virus may continue to linger elsewhere in the body, and in the sickest, stage 3 or 4 patients, could return and cause end stage liver disease.

The researchers also noted that according to the 138 clinical trials reviewed, there were few deaths in either the placebo group or among those actually taking the DAAs.

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