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Arq Gastroenterol ; 32(3): 105-9, 1995.
Article in Portuguese | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8728784

ABSTRACT

Ribavirin in a fixed doses of 1.0 g/day was administered to 15 cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension and HCV-RNA detected in the blood by PCR during a six months period, in a non-controlled study. Two patients presented complications due to hepatic insufficiency and their data were not available at the end of the study. In four patients the hemoglobin levels fell below 20% of the initial value and in one the ribavirin dose had to be reduced. No other significant adverse reaction to the drug was observed. Almost all patients experienced a decrease in the aminotransferases levels during the study, specially in the first three months of treatment when the AST and ALT levels were significantly reduced when compared with the initial values. At the end of six months, four patients presented a complete response with normal aminotransferases levels, but only in one patient the HCV-RNA was not detected in the blood. In this patient the drug interruption was followed by elevation in aminotransferases levels and HCV-RNA detection in the blood 45 days later. Such results suggest that although well tolerated and inducing a transient decrease in AST and ALT, ribavirin alone administration is not able to erradicate virus C infection in patients with hepatic cirrhosis and portal hypertension.


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Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use , Hepatitis C/drug therapy , Liver Cirrhosis/drug therapy , Ribavirin/therapeutic use , Adult , Aged , Female , Hepacivirus/genetics , Hepatitis C/blood , Hepatitis C/complications , Humans , Liver Cirrhosis/blood , Liver Cirrhosis/virology , Male , Middle Aged , RNA, Viral/analysis
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