Pill Boosts Platelets In Hepatitis C Patients

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Terry - 29 Nov 2007 22:52 GMT

ScienceDaily (Nov. 29, 2007) It's not a cure, but this may be some
of the best news patients infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV)
have heard in a long time: A new drug, eltrombopag, appears to be
effective in boosting low platelet counts, one of the major reasons
why patients can't endure antiviral treatments.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071128172408.htm

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TX-012 - 13 Dec 2007 05:24 GMT

> ScienceDaily (Nov. 29, 2007) -- It's not a cure, but this may be some
> of the best news patients infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV)
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> Full storyhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071128172408.htm

What are the sides on this drug? tx has nuked my red & white blood
cell counts & lowered my platelets, and while EPO is completely
innocuous, Neupogen is at least as bad as Pegasys in promoting our
dear friends Pain & Misery.

"Whoever imagined that you would hear from the United States and from
Britain the same arguments for detention without trial that were used
by the apartheid government" - Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

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Suds - 14 Dec 2007 06:04 GMT

That's what being bushwacked is all about.

>> ScienceDaily (Nov. 29, 2007) -- It's not a cure, but this may be some
>> of the best news patients infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV)
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> Britain the same arguments for detention without trial that were used
> by the apartheid government" - Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

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