Russian scientists invented effective drugs to treat hepatitis C

The insidious disease that doctors call "gentle killers" is finally defeated. Russian-made drugs have a new effect in the treatment of hepatitis C. People cure up to 85% of cases and no side effects. So far, no combination therapy has achieved such high results.

The hepatitis C virus hides many years in the body, patients do not know that they are infected."Silly killer" does not reveal clinical manifestations for a long time, and then the patient has cirrhosis or carcinoma. Standard treatment regimen - with interferon injection - does not exceed 50-70% efficiency. Moreover, the drug is not harmless because they cause side effects.

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The drug invented by Russia introduced a new generation of drugs, narlaprevir, with up to 85% of people recovering from hepatitis C and with almost no side effects. Its great advantage is its direct antiviral effect: the drug that inhibits viral replication of the virus . The drug is in tablet form, easier to use than an injection. Narlaprevir is intended to be taken once daily and non-toxic.

In clinical studies, the use of narlaprevir in combination with standard treatment resulted in a rapid reduction in the hepatitis C virus in the blood of most patients.

In early October, the drug was given to international consultants at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 's 64th Annual Meeting, bringing together infectious disease experts from all over the world. on the world. According to experts from Europe, Russia and the United States, in some countries narlaprevir occupies an important position in products that directly treat hepatitis C.

The drug will hit the market in 2017.