Ibuprofen And Hep C

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Interferon Therapy Side Effect!

I'm on HAART since last 4 years with Viral load maintained at undetectable level. However my CD4 was not raising beyond 220 for which my physician has to wait to initiate INterferon Therapy for my Hep.C (Genoptye 1) co-infection. Recently my...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Those are normal side effects of HCV treatment (particularly from the interferon). Some of these symptoms can be treated with ibuprofen like meds. If you can tolerate it, there is no reason why you can't work.... Read more »

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