Pegylated Interferon vs. Conventional Interferon
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Pegylated Interferon vs. Conventional Interferon

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    • December 25, 2012 at 12:13 pm
    buffcody
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    Over the past couple of months that I have been reading the posts on the Forum, I have seen this question raised.  I came across a just published aritcle, or at least the abstract of an artcle, on the topic.  A read of the abstract makes me think that side effects from PI  would be more of a "bear," as one poster described them than conventional. The positives of PI seem to be linked to  its convenience in administration but not length of application period.   A link to the abstract is below.

    Over the past couple of months that I have been reading the posts on the Forum, I have seen this question raised.  I came across a just published aritcle, or at least the abstract of an artcle, on the topic.  A read of the abstract makes me think that side effects from PI  would be more of a "bear," as one poster described them than conventional. The positives of PI seem to be linked to  its convenience in administration but not length of application period.   A link to the abstract is below.

    http://journals.lww.com/immunotherapy-journal/Abstract/2013/01000/Real_life_Experience_With_Pegylated_Interferon_and.7.aspx

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