How will I know if treatment is working?

For people with Chronic Hepatitis C treatment is working if liver enzymes have decreased. Ideally, the liver enzymes should be within normal limits by week eight (8) of treatment. A sustained response is defined as liver enzymes remaining within normal limits six (6) months after finishing treatment.

For people with Chronic Hepatitis B it may take up to a year or more after the treatment is finished to know whether the treatment was successful. The reason for this is that the measure in the blood that indicates successful treatment can take up to a year to change.

For people with Acute Hepatitis C the treatment is considered successful if at the end of treatment the hepatitis C virus was no longer detectable. This is checked by doing a blood test.

Source: Hepnet