Current research
- Gene therapy and drug development are promising research areas.
- Techniques for screening for viruses and removing them from blood products continue to advance.
- Blood products (e.g., factor concentrates VIII and IX) will eventually become wholly synthetic (no human or animal components).
What else can I do?
- Act to encourage change. Those in authority need to hear the views and special needs of people with HCV. Encouraging governments to fund more research on treatments or to help pay for treatment are typical areas for advocacy.
- Join or set up your own support group.
Where can I get more information or assistance?
- Your healthcare provider
- Canadian Hemophilia Society at 1-800-668-2686 or chs@hemophilia.ca
- Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Clinics
- Canadian Liver Foundation at 1-800-563-5483 or www.liver.ca
- Health Canada (www.healthcanada.gc.ca)
- Hepatitis C 1986-1990 Class Actions Settlement (www.hepc8690.ca)
- US Web site on HIV/HCV co-infection (www.hivandhepatitis.com)
- Canadian Hemophilia Society. 2004. Hepatitis C: Common Disabling Symptoms and Treatment Side Effects. ISBN 0-920967-45-0
- Dolan, M., Murray-Lyon, I. M., & Tindell, J. 1999. The Hepatitis C Handbook. ISBN 0-9529509- 0- 1
- Everson, G. T., & Weinberg, H. 1999. Living with Hepatitis C: A Survivor’s Guide. ISBN 1-57826-003-5
- Heathcote, J., Yim, C., Thai, Q., & Sherker, A. 2002.
- Hepatitis C: Everything You Need to Know. ISBN 1-55263-323-3
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