Nucleoside Analogs Drugs (Ribavirin):

The oral use ribavirin is not effective alone to treat Hep C, nonetheless scientists have demonstrated that their use in together in combination with subcutaneous pegylated interferon greatly improves the rate of success in the treatment of Hepatitis C.:

All of the medications below share the same generic name of Rivabirin

Commercial names

Copegus is made by Genentech

Moderiba is made by Abbvie

Rebetol is made by Merck

Ribasphere is made by Kadmon

All of these medicines share the generic name of Rivabirin

NS 3/4A Protease Inhibitors:

The protease inhibitors block a protein that plays an important role in Hepatitis C Virus replication: They bind to the viral protease, which is responsible for processing viral proteins.

Commercial names:

Olysio (Galexos in some markets): Generic is name Simeprevir and is made by Janssen and Medivir AB

Nucleoside and Nucleotide NS5B Polymerase Inhibitors

The NS5B polymerase plays a role in creating copies of the RNA genomes (Ribonucleic acid). These inhibitor drugs block these proteins.

Commercial names:

Sovaldi: Generic name is Sofosbuvir and is made by Gilead Sciences

NS5A Inhibitors

Commercial name:

Daklinza: Generic name is daclatasvir and is made by Bristol Meyer Squibb

Combination drugs:

Harvoni: Combination of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir and is made by Gilead Sciences

Viekira: Combination of ombitasvir, paritaprevir, ritonavir, and dasabuvir and is made by Abbvie

Technivie: Combination of ombitasvir, paritaprevir, and ritonavir

and is made by Abbvie

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