Abstract INTRODUCTION: Licensed for chronic hepatitis C treatment in 2011, the protease inhibitors (PIs) telaprevir (TVR) and boceprevir (BOC), which have high sustained viral responses (SVR), ushered a new era characterized by the development of direct-action drugs against the hepatitis C virus (HCV). ...
Objective: To evaluate frequency and impact of adverse events, mainly the hematological and dermatological ones, on sustained virological response, and compliance to hepatitis C treatment. Methods: Patients were treated according to the guidelines of the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Variables associated...
ABSTRACT Background The effectiveness of antiviral therapy with pegylated interferon and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C is far from ideal and presents several adverse events. Among such events, there is the depressive episode that can even lead to treatment discontinuity Objective Analyze the incide...
El término tiroiditis comprende un grupo de enfermedades de la glándula tiroides caracterizado por la presencia de inflamación, abarcando entidades autoinmunes y no-autoinmunes. Pueden manifestarse como enfermedades agudas con dolor tiroideo severo (tiroiditis subaguda y tiroiditis infecciosas), y con...
We present the unusual case of a 35 year-old woman with stage IV melanoma and widespread metastases, who was undergoing treatment with interferon alpha-2b and who presented with interferon-associated retinopathy. The patient, who had been taking interferon treatment for three months, complained of a sudd...
O dermatofibroma é um tumor fibrohistiocístico benigno comum. Os dermatofibromas eruptivos múltiplos são definidos arbitrariamente pela presença de 15 ou mais dermatofibromas ou pelo desenvolvimento de 5 a 8 destes em um período menor do que 4 meses. A patogênese dos dermatofibromas eruptivos múl...
Objetivo do estudo é relatar casos de retinopatia causada pelo uso de interferon e
discutir suas características clínicas e evolução. O método empregado foi um estudo descritivo,
com relato de casos de pacientes portadores de hepatite C, que apresentaram retinopatia
pelo uso do interferon. O uso de...