what treatments are available for hepatitis c
Telaprevir (Incivek/)/Boceprevir (Victrelis): Approved May 2011. Telaprevir and boceprevir were the first new treatments available for hepatitis C in 20 years. These drugs were also the first to directly attack the hepatitis C virus. Both are protease inhibitors, and prevent the virus from making copies of itself.
Harvoni is a combination of sofosbuvir (Sovaldi) and ledipasvir. The drug cured more than 90 percent of patients with hepatitis C type 1, the most common form in the United States, after 12 weeks of treatment. Some patients who have not taken antiviral drugs before can be cured in eight weeks.