Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease which can cause liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact...
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I was researching types of interferon and came across one they are using for people who relapsed or didn't repond to pegylated, and I thought others would like to see this. Does anyone know more about this for those who would be interested in it?
"Consensus interferon alpha, also known as interferon alfacon-1 or Infergen, is a recombinant form developed by determining the most common amino acids at each position of the interferon alpha molecule. Consensus interferon has been extensively studied for the retreatment of hepatitis C in prior interferon alpha nonresponders and relapsers. While SVR rates in most studies have been relatively low – though often higher than those for retreatment with pegylated interferon – consensus interferon does offer some previous nonresponders, and especially relapsers, the chance for an SVR." Here are some study results http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed... And here is where I got the above information from, it describes different types of interferon. http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hepatit... Posted on 04/19/08, 04:04 pm |
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I have done that concences intergen treatment, Im still a non-responder! But thats just me sister! They are working on more newer treatments for us non-responders. Im even willing to do a 4th TX 
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