In this study on improving the therapy of chronic hepatitis c infection at Barmherzige Brüder hospital in Munich (Germany), 67 patients were examined and treated with a combined therapy of interferon α 2a and amantadin. The patients were treated for six months with a daily dose of 200 mg amantadin in combination with interferon α 2a (6 Mio. IE 3/week). Subsequently, they were treated for another 6 months with interferon α 2a (3 Mio. IE 3/week) only. Regarding the virological and biochemical response, the combination of interferon α 2a and amantadin showed no better results than known in literature with interferon-monotherapy. With a response rate of 33% after 12 months and 23% after 6 months of therapy, the results of formerly untreated hepatitis-c patients are rather unconvincing. An indication for a combination therapy of interferon α 2a und amantadin is visible neither in formerly untreated patients nor in relapse-patients or non-responder-patients of an earlier interferon-monotherapy.
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In this study on improving the therapy of chronic hepatitis c infection at Barmherzige Brüder hospital in Munich (Germany), 67 patients were examined and treated with a combined therapy of interferon α 2a and amantadin. The patients were treated for six months with a daily dose of 200 mg amantadin in combination with interferon α 2a (6 Mio. IE 3/week). Subsequently, they were treated for another 6 months with interferon α 2a (3 Mio. IE 3/week) only. Regarding the virological and biochemical resp...
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