Are elderly patients poor candidates for pegylated interferon plus ribavirin in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C?
Ribavirin (Copegus®, Rebetol®) Ribavirin is used with another medication called an interferon to treat hepatitis C. Ribavirin is in a class of antiviral medications called nucleoside analogues. It works by stopping the virus that causes hepatitis C fr… Peginterferon alfa-2b (PEG-Intron®) Peginterferon alfa-2b is used alone or in combination with ribavirin (a medication) to treat chronic (long-term) hepatitis C infection (swelling of the liver caused by a virus) in people who show signs of liver damage an…
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