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Can the Healthcare System Handle Hepatitis C Right Now?

Can the Healthcare System Handle Hepatitis C Right Now? (0:27)

The treatment of hepatitis C has improved so radically that it will be easy and seamless for internal medicine specialists to administer. HealthMaker Christopher O'Brien, MD talks in this video about recent advances.

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With the new treatments coming up, they should be simple enough that any internal medicine physician should be able to administer them. They'll be just a pill or two, once a day for three months with virtually no side effects, while the newer agents no drug interactions. It'll be like treating high blood pressure or high cholesterol, it will not be difficult.