Hepatitis C (cont.)
Medical Author:
Mary Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP
Mary Nettleman, MD, MS, MACPMary D. Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP is the Chair of the Department of Medicine at Michigan State University. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt Medical School, and completed her residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Indiana University. Medical Editor:
Bhupinder Anand, MD
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Hepatitis C Other TherapyA significant number of people with hepatitis C cannot take interferon, ribavirin or protease inhibitors, or cannot tolerate the side effects. In others, the drugs simply don't work on the virus. Thus, there is active research on current and future medications for hepatitis C. Although alternative therapies including milk thistle, licorice, and ginseng, have been promoted for use for hepatitis C, there is no scientific evidence that they work and they are not recommended. Next Page: Must Read Articles Related to Hepatitis C
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