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ph: 704 888 0592
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Promising Clinical Trail
IMPORTANT NOTE TO HEP C PATIENTS!!
Locteron, is in Phase 2 clinical trials and is the only controlled-release interferon alfa known to us to be currently in active clinical development for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. Locteron is designed to improve upon the current standard of patient care, interferon alfa administered weekly in combination with the antiviral drug ribavirin, which is associated with significant side effects. In a 32-patient Phase 2a clinical trial of Locteron administered once every two weeks in combination with ribavirin, an early virologic response (EVR) was achieved by 100% (16/16) of hepatitis C patients treated with the two highest doses , the 480 and 640 microgram, or µg, doses. Achievement of EVR, which is a specified reduction in viral load, has been broadly established to be a prerequisite for long-term response in hepatitis C patients.
In addition, reported side effects were fewer and less severe than previously reported with other interferon products currently marketed or in development.
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Great reads this month!
Check out Willie Nelson's efforts to bring awareness to liver disease in Liver Health Today
Other News
NEW YORK – A study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology confirms the importance of dietary habits for people with chronic hepatitis C.
Researchers studied 1,084 HCV patients and concluded that intake of alcohol, carbohydrates, cholesterol and polyunsaturated fatty acids were independent risk factors for liver damage. They also found a significant difference in the intake of vitamin A, iron, zinc, niacin and unsaturated fatty acids between responders and nonresponders to pegylated interferon/ribavirin treatment.
Jan. 22, 2009
VA Warns Veterans of Telephone Prescription Scam.
September 17, 2009
WASHINGTON-
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is warning Vetereans not to give Credit card numbers over the phone to callers claiming to update VA prescription information. "America's Veterans have become targets in an inexcusable scam that dishonors their service and misrepresents the Department built for them," said Dr. Gerald Cross, VA's Under Secretary for Health. "VA Simply does not call Veterams ans ask them to disclose personal financial information over the phone."
Veteran Service Organizations have brought to VA's attention that callers are misrepresenting the VA to gain personal information over the phone. They say VA recently changed procedures for dispensing prescriptions and ask for the Veteran's credit card number.
"VA has not changed its processes for dispensing prescription medicines," Cross said. "Nor has VA changed its long-standing commitment to prtect the personal information of this nation's Veterans."
Veterans with questions about VA services should contact the nearest VA medical center or call, toll-free, 1-877-222-8387.
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