Table 2.

Perceptions of HCV treatments

Adverse events related to Interferon	“Everyone that I knew that was taking them shots [interferon] and was getting sick.”
	“I had a spike once (HCV viral load], but didn’t want to do IFN. It’s like liquid chemo. I’ve seen what it did to other people, it destroyed them. I didn’t want to do that.”
Mild adverse events related to DAAs	“My friend got treatment for Hep C and he got off the Hep C by taking a pill. He talked to me about it, he felt good. Sometimes you feel weird, dizzy… but it’s good, it works.”
Short-duration of DAAs	“If there is a cure, just 8 weeks of a pill, it’s a miracle pill in my eyes. They used to say it’s [HCV] incurable.”