### Human:\ncan hepatitis be treated?\n\n### Assistant: there are no treatments that will cure hepatitis a other than to monitor carefully the liver's function. hepatitis b where chronic can often be treated successfully. interferon lamivudine adefovir and entecavir are all used to treat hepatitis b. for hepatitis c some people (approximately 40%-80%) respond to a combination of the medications peginterferon alpha and ribavirin. however there are many side effects to this treatment including severe anemia (low red blood cells) and birth defects.