Preferred Therapy and Duration Recommendation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Combination therapy (AI)
Peginterferon alfa-2b (1.5 mcg/kg body weight) SQ
weekly; or Peginterferon alfa-2a (180 mcg) SQ weekly
and
Ribavirin PO (weight-based dosing: if <75 mg, 400 mg
in a.m. and 600 mg in p.m.; if >75 kg, 600 mg BID)
The Dawn of a New Era: Transforming our Domestic Response to Hepatitis B & C (PDF) (October 9, 2009)
Report from a forum sponsored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the American Gastroenterological Association's AGA Institute and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, et al.
Hepatitis C Infection (2006)
A chapter from Clinical Manual for Management of the HIV-Infected Adult.
From AIDS Education & Training Centers National Resource Center
Liver Disease in AIDS (October 21, 2001) [Archived Article]
In 66th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, from The Body PRO