Hepatitis C Therapy

Researchers identify better hepatitis C treatment for people with HIV

Published in AIDS Weekly, August 16th, 2004

The preferred treatment for hepatitis C, peg-interferon and ribavirin, is safe for people who are also infected with HIV, according to a new study. Moreover, this treatment proved superior for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in HIV-coinfected people when compared with the previously accepted treatment, standard interferon and ribavirin.

The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine compared the effectiveness of two forms of interferon: a once-weekly dose of peg-interferon and standard interferon taken three times weekly. Peg-interferon with ribavirin is currently the approved treatment for hepatitis C in people without HIV. Prior to this...

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