Steven Tyler reveals hepatitis C battle

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has revealed that he was diagnosed with hepatitis C three years ago, and recently went through 11 months of treatment reports People Magazine

The 58-year-old rocker had to endure a grueling year of interferon
treatments - an antiviral drug used to strengthen the immune system.

The singer also revealed his marriage to designer Teresa Barrick fell apart
during his strict treatment regime - they finally divorced earlier this
year.

"I've had hepatitis C for a long time, asymptomatic," Tyler tells Access Hollywood . "And I talked to my doctor ... and he said now is the time and it's 11 months of chemotherapy. So I went on that and it about killed me."

Tyler, says he's much better after undergoing the treatment. "It is nonexistent in my bloodstream as we speak, so it's one of those few miracles in doctoring where it's like a complete cure," says Tyler.

"People have
Hepatitis C and don't know. It's the silent killer."

After keeping quiet about the disease for so long, Tyler says he'd like to share his knowledge about it with others.

"I may go on Oprah and talk about this," he says. "I mean you know it's just one of those things... it's one of those things people don't speak about it, but it is treatable."

He added: "I've been pretty quiet about this. You know, it really hurt. It
was a bad, bad period."

'Baywatch' beauty Pamela Anderson revealed she had the virus in 2002. She
contracted after sharing a tattooist's needle.