What is MAVIRET?

MAVIRET is a prescription medicine used to treat adults and adolescents 12 years and older with any of the 6 major types of chronic (long-lasting) hep C.

MAVIRET belongs to a group of medicines called direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) and is available in tablet form.

Always take MAVIRET exactly as your healthcare professional tells you.

Hep C treatment with MAVIRET can take just 8 weeks^*

MAVIRET is a tablet treatment for people with any of the 6 major types of hep C (genotypes 1-6).

Safety

The most common side effects of MAVIRET are headache, tiredness and nausea.
All medicines can have some unwanted side effects.
Most side effects are mild and don’t last long.

Find out more about the side effects related to MAVIRET.

How does Maviret work?

MAVIRET CONTAINS A COMBINATION OF TWO MEDICINES THAT WORK TOGETHER TO STOP THE HEP C VIRUS FROM MULTIPLYING AND INFECTING NEW CELLS. THIS ALLOWS THE INFECTION TO BE CLEARED FROM THE BODY

Based on clinical trials, 98% of people who take MAVIRET as directed and who are new to treatment can expect to be cured^ of their hepatitis C (hep C), meaning that the hep C virus has been cleared from the body.¹

12 weeks after treatment is finished, a blood test will confirm whether treatment with MAVIRET has worked. Once the test results come back, your healthcare professional will explain them.

There is a small chance that the hep C virus will not have been cleared. If this happens, your doctor or nurse will be able to talk to you about your options, and how you can continue to look after your liver.

Successful treatment will not prevent you from getting hep C in the future. You should take precautions to avoid re-infection.

What happens if hepatitis C isn't treated?

THE LONGER YOU LIVE WITH HEP C, THE MORE LIKELY YOU WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF LIVER DAMAGE.

Hep C is a disease caused by a virus that infects the liver. A healthy liver is very important for your overall health. Your liver performs many vital functions, including removal of waste products, fighting infection, controlling bleeding, digesting food, and storing energy.

Symptoms of chronic hep C can take up to 30 years to develop and damage to the liver can silently occur during this time.

If left untreated, chronic hep C is a serious disease that can result in long-term health problems, including liver damage, liver failure and liver cancer.

Successful antiviral treatment can lower your risk of developing severe liver disease and can also improve your quality of life.

It is important to treat hep C as it is highly contagious and can exist in small amounts of blood that are too small to see. It is spread when blood from an infected person enters another person’s bloodstream and can exist in traces of blood outside the body for up to 6 weeks.

In people with cirrhosis, successful antiviral treatment may lower the risk of developing liver failure and developing liver cancer.

Talk to your healthcare professional about MAVIRET

THE BEST WAY TO FIND OUT IF MAVIRET IS RIGHT FOR YOU IS TO TALK TO YOUR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL.

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