Has anyone had a good turnout by taking peg interferon for Hep C?

My brother is on interferon treatment and it is really hard on him. He has good days and bad. He works full time but does get sick from the reaction from the interferon treatment. He gets tired really easily and sleeps alot when he's not working. He has lost alot of weight 30-35 lbs. but the treatment is working and if all goes well with it he will be rid of the Hep. C. Basically interferon treatment is like chemo therapy. Might be kind of tough on her with 3 children to take care of but if she wants to be rid of the Hep C she needs to do something because it is basically killing her.

peg interferon works about 50% of the time.  if she is seeing a
hepatologist and he/she says no then i would go with that. after all, he/she is specialized in tx of hcv. maybe her actual virus load is lower than you think. doing the treatment is pretty uncomfortable --at least it was for me.  if she is genotype 1 then it makes it harder to clear the hcv.  however, on the other hand, my specialist told me to take treatment twice because even if peg doesnt clear the virus , it acts somewhat like a rejuvenator for your liver.  in other words, my load went way down after i was treated even though i didnt clear the virus. all persons with hcv will generally have deterioration of the liver--thats the hallmark of hepc but its not a death sentence.  if she is working and has hcv; she is doing very well trust me!  the best to both of you!!!

I did the standard treatment of interferon two times and I still have the hep c.

Seems people under 50 years of age and are genotype 2 or 3 have a better chance of beating the virus through treatment.