Q&A 22 Part 2 -- Heel Knots, Bone Spurs, Pain, Fatty Liver, Tinnitus, Seizures In Animals, HPV Virus, Liver Flush, Bone Marrow, Low Phosphorus, Swing In BP, Dizziness, Parathyroid, Cushing's, Lou Gehrig. Nature's Botanical Pharmacy www.naturesbotanicalpharmacy.com Robert Morse http Video Rating: 4 / 5 Explains the prevention, causes, symptoms, modes of transmission, and treatment of hepatitis C.
Insidermedicine In Depth - March 30, 2011
When individuals with hepatitis C need a second round of treatment, adding the new antiviral drug boceprevir to standard therapy can boost their response, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Here is some information about hepatitis C: • It is a virus that infects the liver • It is difficult to eradicate the hepatitis C virus from the body • Long-term infection with hepatitis C can lead to liver damage or even liver failure Researchers from Saint Louis University School of Medicine randomly assigned over 400 patients with hepatitis C who had been treated in the past but whose illness either did not respond adequately to treatment or reemerged following treatment to one of three groups. The first group received standard treatment with two drugs known as peginterferon and ribavirin. The second group received this same treatment, but boceprevir was added for part or all of the treatment period, depending on how well the patients responded. The third group received all three drugs for the entire treatment period. Sustained suppression of the hepatitis C virus was seen in about three times as many patients whose treatment regimen included boceprevir, compared with those who did not receive this drug. Patients who in the past had relapsed after standard therapy with peginterferon and ribavirin and who then received a treatment regimen that included boceprevir had a sustained response to their therapy of up to 75%. If patients responded well to ... Video Rating: 5 / 5 Explains the prevention, causes, symptoms, modes of transmission, and treatment of hepatitis C.
Hepatitis Viruses
Hepatitis viruses research started more than fifty years ago. The names of hepatitis A and hepatitis B were introduced in 1947 when it became clear that there were two types of hepatitis that were transmitted either enterically or parenterally. It became apparent in the 1970's that there were additional hepatitis viruses distinct from hepatitis A and hepatitis B, and thus, the term non-A, non-B hepatitis was introduced. The non-A, non-B hepatitis was further divided into post-transfusion
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