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Assessment Of Side Effects In Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Receiving Combination Therapy, Donna Zucker, Barry Miller

Donna M. Zucker

This purpose of this descriptive study is to review the adverse effects of combination therapy, interferon alfa-2b and ribavirin, in a sample of patients with chronic hepatitis C who were part of a larger multi-center trial. The sample (n=13) was drawn from one hepatology practice in the northeastern U.S. This secondary analysis reported sums, frequencies, means and standard deviations for the sample. Patients who received 600 mg. ribavirin per day in addition to interferon alfa-2B (Arm A) showed a mean of 9.5 different types of side effects. Patients who received 1000-1200 mg of ribavirin in addition to interferon alfa-2B (Arm …