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Article: Ketoprofen Does Not Increase Response to Interferon.
- Article from:
- Hepatitis Weekly
- Article date:
- December 13, 1999
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1999 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- Ketoprofen did not increase the response to alpha 2b-interferon therapy in interferon-naive chronic hepatitis C patients, researchers report.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may amplify the anti-viral effect of alpha-interferon in vitro but in vivo data are still controversial.
P. Fabris and colleagues performed a study to with the aim of testing the hypothesis that ketoprofen may increase the rate of response to alpha-interferon of chronic hepatitis C patients ("Interferon alfa-2b Alone or in Combination with Ketoprofen As Treatment for Interferon-Naive Chronic Hepatitis C Patients," Alimentary Pharmacology & ...