Hepatitis Therapy

New drug combination appears promising for those with HIV and hepatitis C

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, August 30th, 2004

Since the introduction of highly active combination drug therapy for HIV, liver failure attributable to infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) has become a leading cause of death among those infected with the virus that causes AIDS.

Now a multicenter study has found that the newest treatment for patients infected with HCV alone also helps those infected with both pathogens by significantly improving the clearance of HCV from the bloodstream. The report appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine.

"Hepatitis C has become the new opportunistic infection among HIV-infected patients," said Raymond Chung, MD, director of the Center for...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2004-08-30)

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