New Drugs Offer Hope to Hep C Patients
New Drugs Offer Hope to Hep C Patients
New drugs recently approved by the FDA offering hope to Hepatitis C patients.
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" Donna Carrie still wishes her son had lived with -- her triumph over hepatitis C. He died the day before she had her last treatment and the drug trial for the scarlet. Which was just approved by the FDA this month to treat hepatitis C one -- two new drug on the market."
" I don't have to. Horry thought much about when you're just gonna catch up with me you know I had. Contestants treatment system under the energy."
" It's new hope to not just cure but to eradicate the disease. Doctor William Lee of UT southwestern desert it's the first breakthrough in about ten years from now with the new drugs all the people that have failed the previous there --"
" Can."
" Have another shot that Kerry had the disease for most of her life likely because of the childhood blood transfusion and like most people who were infected she had no idea. I'm thinking you're perfectly cal thing when you're not hepatitis C spread only through infected blood and is the most common blood borne infection in the country. But it likely underreported. And many of those infected don't know they have it because they don't feel sick."
" This is the most common reason for liver transplantation. Days packed comprising maybe 40% of all transplants. It's about one point 5%. Of the US population but somewhere -- four million people in the US. So even in the Metroplex it's. Probably 200000 people."
" Doctors say hepatitis it's still a threat people should know about. And Kerry hopes the introduction of new drugs could also help increase awareness. Her son before he died and also contracted hepatitis C likely through drug abuse. "
" Did disheartening part is -- I think there are a lot of young people who happen and -- can understand that there."
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