Chronic Hepatitis
Reports summarize chronic hepatitis study results from Federal University of Minas Gerais
Published in Virus Weekly, May 18th, 2010
Data detailed in 'Clinical management of a patient with drug dependence who attempted suicide while receiving peginterferon therapy for chronic hepatitis C' have been presented. "Pegylated interferon-alpha combined with ribavirin is the current gold standard treatment for chronic hepatitis C. Illicit drug dependence is not a rare co-morbidity among chronic hepatitis C population, what can make antiviral treatment an outmost challenge," scientists in Brazil report.
"Despite high sustained virological response rate following antiviral treatment, serious psychiatric adverse reactions may occur, like depression and suicide attempt. We report a patient with recurrent...
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Source: Virus Weekly (2010-05-18)
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