Identification of specific genes predicts which patients will respond to Hepatitis C treatment
...nation therapy using the synthetic antiviral agent ribavirin and interferon. This treatment can currently get rid of the virus in only roughly 50% of persons infected with genotype 1, the most common genotype in North America and world-wide. ...Hepatitis C responds best to combo of ribavirin and interferon, study concludes
A combination of the drugs ribavirin and interferon is more effective in treating hepat...new systematic review of recent evidence. "Adding ribavirin to any type of interferon should be considered the treatment of choice for patients with hepatitis C...Novel therapy combinations gain ground in treating hepatitis
...amping 400 to 800 mg/d plus pegIFN, or pegIFN with ribavirin as a control group. For the 162 patients who hav...of daily doses of CIFN (consensus interferon) plus ribavirin (RBV) versus pegIFN (pegylated interferon alfa 2a) plus RBV for 72 weeks in patients with a prior re...Researcher studies, treats military with 'silent disease'
...eek injection with interferon and several pills of ribavirin each day--are what Sjogren speculated would cause a decrease in quality of the volunteers' lives. "The medications are tough to take," she said. On initial questionnaires, study volunteers reported that they were depressed; anxious about their healt......of the hepatitis C virus (HCV). They could replace ribavirin in combination therapy with interferon. These find... To evaluate statins as potential replacements for ribavirin in combination therapy, the researchers tested the anti-HCV activities of each one when combined wit...