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Neuropathy With Peg Intron And Ribavirin

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Rate of Hep C supression w/PegIntronRibavirin

At what rate does Pegylated Interferon (peginterferon alpha-2b 50 mcg. & Ribavirin [1000 mg/day] treatment suppress the Hep C virus in the patients body?My last count was 8 million copies/ml, up from 100,000/ml last August.My wife and I are due...
Maribel Rodriguez-Torres, M.D.

Response from Maribel Rodriguez-Torres, M.D.

Fundacion Gatroenterologia De Diego
You can not consider to have a child if you are receiving ribavirin at the moment and 6 months after using the drug.The drug is TERATOGENIC,meaning can cause malformations of the fetus,if received by the female or by the male that provide the... Read more »

Peg-Intron and Procrit

My wife is being treated for Hepatitis-C with Peg-Intron and Ribovarin. Her Platelete count is low,... Read more »

another round: Peg intron Vs. Pegasys

Hello Doctor: I want to thank you so much for your lovely work.My father has stopped the Peg intron... Read more »
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AIDSinfo

An Overview of Peginterferon Alfa-2 (Pegasys, PEG-Intron)

peg-in-ter-FEER-on Brand Name: PEG-Intron (2b), Pegasys (2a) Other Name(s): pegylated interferon Drug Class: Opportunistic Infection and Other Drugs Peginterferon alfa-2 belongs to a class of medicines known as antivirals. This drug also... Read more »
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Schering-Plough Hepatitis C Treatment More Effective Than Roche Treatment, Especially Among Obese Patients, Study Says

Schering-Plough 's Peg-Intron treatment is more effective at eliminating the hepatitis C virus than Roche 's Pegasys treatment, particularly for obese patients, according to a small, informal retrospective study released this week at the annual... Read more »
San Francisco AIDS Foundation

BETA News Briefs

Seven-Day Drug Cycling Appears Effective Peg-Intron Approved for Hepatitis C (HCV) New OI Drug Approvals Expanded Access for Tenofovir DF (TDF) Cardiovascular Disease Risk Higher in People with Lipodystrophy Cancers in HIV Positive People... Read more »
AIDS InfoNet

Interferon and Ribavirin

Approved Treatment for Hepatitis C Interferon (IFN) What Is Interferon (IFN)? How Is IFN Used? What Are the Side Effects? Ribavirin (RBV) What Is Ribavirin (RBV)? How Is RBV Used? What Are the Side Effects? Combination... Read more »
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all the symptoms/scared to death..pls advise

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies
Can anyone please help me.. Here is my tale of Woe.
I had an exposure unprotected oral both ways.. I tasted precum.. Ever since then my life has been hell.
2 days after the event my scrotum was on fire. I went to the doctor and she tested me for syph,... Read more »

HIV / AIDS DOCS

Posted by Survivor, 1 Reply
What do HIV/AIDS Doc's do, when they are not seeing you?

http://www.thebody.com/thebody/ukraine.html

Ben Young, M.D.
In Ukraine, Clinicians From East and West Battle HIV's Onslaught
An Interview With Providers at the Lavra Clinic in Kiev, Ukraine

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