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Provedor de dados: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
País: | Brazil
Título: | Clinical management of a patient with drug dependence who attempted suicide while receiving peginterferon therapy for chronic hepatitis C
Autores: | Fábregas,Bruno Cópio; Moura,Alexandre Sampaio; Marciano,Renata Cristiane; Carmo,Ricardo Andrade; Teixeira,Antônio Lúcio.
Data: | 2009-10-01
Ano: | 2009
Palavras-chave: | Interferon-alpha; Chronic hepatitis C; Depression; Suicide attempt; Drug addiction.
Resumo: | Pegylated interferon-alpha combined with ribavirin is the current gold standard treatment for chronic hepatitis C. Illicit drug dependence is not a rare co-morbidity among chronic hepatitis C population, what can make antiviral treatment an outmost challenge. Despite high sustained virological response rate following antiviral treatment, serious psychiatric adverse reactions may occur, like depression and suicide attempt. We report a patient with recurrent depressive disorder, previous history of suicide attempt and illicit drug dependence. We discuss the singularities and challenges of managing this patient in order to complete the antiviral treatment.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000500015
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1590/S1413-86702009000500015
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.13 n.5 2009
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess