Here is a little more information I found online.  It was a very
limited study, but still, I think it is encouraging considering it
involves using a drug that has been approved and in use for so long.

from http://www.physorg.com/news127138395.html

Researchers at the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center have
found a new use for an old drug. Their findings appear online in the
American Journal of Gastroenterology.

The drug, Fluvastatin, has been approved since 1993 by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration for the treatment of elevated cholesterol in
adults. Millions of patients have taken Fluvastatin for cholesterol
without difficulty.

In a study of 31 veterans at the Veteran's Administration Medical
Center in Oklahoma City, researchers found that Fluvastatin
significantly lowered the viral load, or levels of hepatitis C virus,
for up to six weeks when used alone.

"This research is the first to demonstrate the antiviral activity of
Fluvastatin in human beings infected with hepatitis C, most of whom
were non-responders to the standard of care treatment," said Ted
Bader, M.D., the principle investigator on the project and director of
liver diseases at the OU Health Sciences Center.

Since Fluvastatin will not completely clear the hepatitis C virus by
itself, researchers have started a phase II randomized, controlled
trial that combines Fluvastatin with the standard treatment of peg-
interferon and ribavirin. They hope to use the combination of
medicines to significantly improve the cure rate for hepatitis C.
After further required testing and approval, the drug could be
available as a new treatment for hepatitis C far sooner than any other
anti-hepatitis C drug currently under research and development.

The study was small indeed and the findings showed the suppressive
effects of HCV are modest, variable, and often short-lived. When I
first read of Statins for the reduction of VL nearly a year ago, my
doctor just laughed.

Thanks for posting this, btw. Asked my Dr if we could add this to the
Drug Soup, he agreed, and I took my first 20mg capsule yesterday.

I also puked three times this morning---hopefully the two are in no
way related...