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Psychiatric adverse event profile of interferon therapy in drug abusers
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 April 2020
Abstract
It is well known that incidence of hepatitis C is much higher in risk population known as drug abusers. Interferon implementation in hepatitis C therapy contributed better prognosis for this patients. However during the interferon treatment the risk of psychiatric adverse events increases. Between 20-40% of those patients developed psychiatric adverse events which are one of the main reasons of therapy abruption. Only intensive psychiatric evaluation and adequate psychopharmacological treatment provide continuation of the interferon therapy. In this paper we observed frequency of interferon therapy and psychopharmacotherapy during the determinate period of on year in drug abusers in our Hospital.
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- Poster Session 1: Alcoholism and Other Addictions
- Information
- European Psychiatry , Volume 22 , Issue S1: 15th AEP Congress - Abstract book - 15th AEP Congress , March 2007 , pp. S199
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- Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2007
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