Hepatitis C Information

In the AIDS Library

These materials are available in the AIDS Library.  Come on down when we’re open and check them out!

• HCV/HIV Coinfection Information, by the American Liver Foundation
• Hepatitis & Liver Disease: What You Need to Know (Revised Edition), by Melissa Palmer, M.D.
• Hepatitis C, The First Year: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed (2^nd Edition), by Cara Bruce and Lisa Montanarelli
• The Hepatitis C Handbook, by Matthew Dolan
• HIV, Hepatitis C, and You: A Guide for Coinfected People, by The Body
• What You Need to Know About HIV/HCV Coinfection, by the National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project

Info for People Living with Hepatitis C

For the basics, see:

• What I need to know about Hepatitis C, from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases – with easy-to-read text and lots of pictures
• Patient Education Resources, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – for printer-friendly color materials
• First Steps with Hepatitis C for the Newly Diagnosed, from the Hepatitis C Support Project

People with further questions can call 877-HELP-4-HEP, a national support line from The Support Partnership (TSP), a collaboration of four national hepatitis C organizations.

For info on HCV treatment

• Treatment Factsheets from HCV Advocate, including:
  • All FDA-Approved Medications
  • Predictors of Treatment Response
  • Managing Side Effects
• Herbal Dietary Supplements Glossary, from HCV Advocate – with special comments for people with liver problems

For help paying for treatment, see Project Inform’s list of Patient Assistance Programs.

For specific issues for people living with HCV, see:

• Hepatitis & Tattoos, from the Hepatitis C Support Project
• Diet and Nutrition for people living with HCV, from the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA)
• Alcohol and Hepatitis C, from the DVA
• Vaccinations of Adults with Hepatitis C Infection, from the Immunization Action Coalition

For info about HIV/HCV coinfection, see

• A Guide to HIV and Hep C Coinfection, from the Hepatitis C Support Project – colorful, printable, and aimed at patients
• HIV and Viral Hepatitis, from the CDC – including statistical info
• TheBody.com’s Ask the Experts Hepatitis and HIV Coinfection forum

For HCV info in language other than English, see

• A enormous amount of info in Spanish, from HCV Advocate
• Multilingual HIV and Hepatitis C Factsheets, from Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service – in Akan, Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, French, Indonesian, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, Shona, Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
• Foreign Language Publications, also from HCV Advocate, in Bulgarian, Chinese, French, Hmong, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Somali
• HCV Info in Urdu, from the Hepatitis Trust in the United Kingdom

For issues around benefits, see A Guide to Hepatitis & Disability, from the Hepatitis C Support Project

For personal stories about HCV, see:

• HCV Advocate’s Personal Stories
• The Hepatitis C Trust’s Personal Stories
• Hepatitis Australia’s Treatment, Life, Hep C, and Me

Research, Provider Info, and More

To follow clinical research and other HCV news, see

• NAM AIDSmap’s Hepatitis C news page
• Hepatitis C Research and News
• HIVandHepatitis.com, for news focusing on co-infection
• Recent News in HCV Care, from Project Inform

For statistics, see:

• Hepatitis C Statistics and Surveillance, from the CDC – for in-depth statistics
• Hepatitis C FAQs for Health Professionals – for a narrative that puts those statistics in context

For provider info, see:

• HIV & Hepatitis Coinfections: Management & Treatment Guidelines, from the Hepatitis C Support Project
• Considerations for Antiretroviral Use in Patients with HIV/HCV Coinfection, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Testing Recommendations for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection, from the CDC

For prevention with certain populations, see:

• Viral Hepatitis And Men Who Have Sex with Men, from the CDC
• Injection Drug Users and Viral Hepatitis, from the CDC

For multimedia, see:

• The CDC’s 5-minute interactive Hepatitis Risk Assessment
• The Patient Education Institute’s Hepatitis C Interactive Tutorial