Maintain a healthy lifestyle. This includes a healthful diet, exercise and adequate rest. Don't share your toothbrush or razors. Advise health care workers that you have the virus. Don't donate blood, body organs, tissues or semen.
Some doctors also advise following safer sex practices.
The best weapon against hepatitis C is interferon alpha, a drug that inhibits viral replication. It seems to have the most impact when used early in the disease. However, interferon works for only one in five who take it. Interferon is taken by injection three times a week. Studies suggest that the drug may be more effective if taken for at least a year.