Depression caused by common treatment for hepatitis C

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Hepatitis C may not have anything to do with a

virus but be a name for liver damage (actually an

inflamed liver) from drugs or similar causes,

which seems fairly widespread. Since the drugs

cannot be accused inside this medical paradigm,

there is now a " virus " but no standard anti-viral

treatment for hep c.

 

Another one of these great myths.

 

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2003/07/05/hepatitis_c_epidemic_where_is_th\

e_virus.htm

 

 

 

Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:24:50 -0800 (PST)

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Depression caused by common treatment for hepatitis C

 

 

== I cannot stress firmly enough, this treatment

is not for everyone! ==Depression caused by

common treatment for hepatitis C may affect

outcomeATLANTA–An article appearing in the

January 2005 issue of Brain, Behavior and

Immunity suggests that developing depression

while on interferon-alpha plus ribavirin may

impact how well the medications work.

In a study conducted in the Department of

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory

University School of Medicine, Charles L. Raison,

MD, Andrew Miller, MD, and colleagues, observed

that patients who develop depressive symptoms

during interferon-alpha plus ribavirin therapy

were significantly less likely to have cleared

the hepatitis C virus from their blood following

six months of treatment.

" Hepatitis C infection affects three to five

million Americans, and is the leading cause of

liver transplantation, " said Dr. Raison. " With

advances in treatment, 40-50 percent of patients

can be cleared of the virus. Unfortunately,

however, the current treatment for hepatitis C –

interferon-alpha plus ribavirin – produces a high

rate of psychiatric side effects that have long

been recognized as impediments to successful

antiviral therapy. In the past we primarily

worried that depression interfered with quality

of life, or would cause patients to stop taking

the medicine. These new data suggest that even if

patients stay on treatment, they are less likely

to have a good outcome if they develop

depression. "

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