Help my mother.

1 and interferon α are the only effective drugs to treat hepatitis C at present. I hope your mother will not give up interferon treatment easily. I met several patients with hepatitis C who did not respond to interferon α for 3 ~ 6 months, but the effect was obvious after applying it for 9 months, and it has been applied for 12 months or even longer, achieving the ideal effect.

2. It is suggested that if interferon is ineffective for 6 months, it should be stopped. What can I do if I stop using interferon? Hepatitis C is progressing slowly. Different from hepatitis B, the course of interferon treatment must be sufficient, and the dose can of course be increased from 3 million units/time to 5 million ~ 6 million units/time.

3. Compound interferon can be used instead. Compound interferon is an unnatural interferon obtained by recombination of various subtypes of interferon by gene recombination technology. Its anti-hepatitis C virus effect is at least 5 times greater than that of interferon α, and its adverse reactions are mild to moderate.

This drug is similar to other types of interferon. When other types of interferon are ineffective for patients with hepatitis C, compound interferon can be used, with subcutaneous injection of 9 micrograms each time, three times a week, and the course of treatment is 6 ~ 12 months. This medicine is available in the domestic market, and it has been applied in Shanghai and other places with good results.

5, combined medication. At present, the recommended scheme is interferon combined with ribavirin, or interferon combined with thymosin (Tα 1). The latter was injected subcutaneously 1.6 mg each time, 2 ~ 3 times a week. Recently, oxymatrine injection, a Chinese traditional medicine, has not only anti-hepatitis B virus effect, but also anti-hepatitis C virus effect. It has been used in clinic, and the curative effect is very good, not inferior to interferon. Can be used in combination with interferon to treat hepatitis C.

I wish your mother a speedy recovery!