Abstract
Viral hepatitis C is a very frequent infectious complication among people who inject drugs (PWID). The need for interdisciplinary collaboration while solving the somatic diseases of PWID increases the necessity of continuous education in other medical disciplines.
Our goal is to review the most important recent developments in the diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C for those who are neither specialists in infectious diseases nor even trained physicians. Addiction professionals (addictologists) are frequently the first and only contacts with the healthcare system for PWID.
In our opinion, it is very important to use addictologists as those who spread information about VHC treatment among PWID. It is usually the only way of educating PWID and increasing their awareness and interest in their own health status.
Relying on their interdisciplinary expertise, addictologists can change PWID patients’ attitudes and their motivation to further treatment of HCV infection.