Ribavirin, also known as tribavirin, is an antiviral medication used to treat illness caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and hepatitis C virus...
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antiviral medications such as sofosbuvir or simeprevir. Peginterferon and ribavirin were earlier generation treatments that proved successful in <50% of cases...
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caused by ribavirin. Females who could potentially become pregnant should undergo a pregnancy test 2 months prior to starting the sofosbuvir/ribavirin/peginterferon...
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of hMPV as with individuals who are immunocompromised are treated with Ribavirin and IVIG. No conclusive studies have proven the true method of transmission...
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PMID 25387551. Gish RG (January 2006). "Treating HCV with ribavirin analogues and ribavirin-like molecules". The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy...
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addressing dehydration and improving symptoms. The antiviral medication ribavirin has been recommended, but evidence to support its use is weak. Descriptions...
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who has the infection), they can take ribavirin as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP).In other words, the ribavirin makes it less likely the person who was...
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ISSN 0305-7453. PMID 21482564. "Ribavirin History". News-Medical.net. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2016. "Aerosolization of Ribavirin through a Mask, Hood...
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respiratory failure, intubation and mechanical ventilation may be required. Ribavirin is an antiviral medication licensed for the treatment of RSV in children...
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April, 2009. When used in combination with peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin, boceprevir resulted in significantly higher sustained viral response...
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In the 1998–99 Nipah virus outbreak in Malaysia, 140 patients received ribavirin, with their outcomes assessed against 54 historical controls who either...
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It is a prodrug of ribavirin, active against a number of DNA and RNA viruses. Taribavirin has better liver-targeting than ribavirin, and has a shorter...
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List of adverse effects of ribavirin by frequency. Abdominal pain Anemia Anxiety Appetite loss Concentration impaired Depression Diarrhea Dizziness Dry...
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Supportive treatment Medication Intrathecal interferon alpha, intravenous ribavirin, isoprinosine Prognosis Usually fatal Frequency 2 in 10,000 for all age...
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treatment is supportive care. While tentative evidence supports the use of ribavirin, it has not yet been studied in people with the disease. Specific antibodies...
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virus (RSV) has no direct acting treatments, but ribavirin is indicated for severe cases. Ribavirin has also been known to be used as a treatment for...
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administration of the antiviral ribavirin is an effective treatment of many pathological features of the disease. Ribavirin treatment during the first five...
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C and hepatitis B. For hepatitis C it is typically used together with ribavirin and cure rates are between 24 and 92%. For hepatitis B it may be used...
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hemolytic anemia. Anemia is reversible upon completion of ribavirin treatment. In some instances, ribavirin may cause excess bilirubin in the blood (hyperbilirubinemia)...
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subtype each year. No treatment for humans is known as of 2008[update]. Ribavirin, a medication used to treat RSV, showed effectiveness in an animal model...
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if seroconversion occurs then treatment with interferon, or possibly ribavirin.[citation needed] A 60-day course of oral ciprofloxacin should be given...
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Treatment is typically with supportive care, and while the medication ribavirin is often used, as of 2023 there is not sufficient, high-quality evidence...
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Ontario, Canada-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals for their Hepatitis C drugs ribavirin and taribavirin (now KD024). Cancer drugs XL647 and XL844 were acquired...
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interferon-alpha-2b (brand names Pegasys or PEG-Intron) combined with ribavirin, it has been shown that genetic polymorphisms near the human IL28B gene...
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used to treat patients with genotypes 1a or 1b without PEG-interferon or ribavirin. Ledipasvir is an inhibitor of NS5A, a hepatitis C virus protein.[citation...
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who was studying the woman's disease contracted the virus but survived. Ribavirin was not given in these first two cases. Four years later, in 1994, a researcher...
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on small molecules targeting RNA and approved drugs for human illness. Ribavirin, branaplam, and ataluren are currently available medications that stabilize...
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significantly. Neither the combination of antivirals and interferons (ribavirin + interferon alfa-2a or interferon alfa-2b) nor corticosteroids improved...
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(isoniazid + pyridoxine + sulfamethoxazole + trimethoprim) Ribavirin Valganciclovir Complementary: Oseltamivirα Valganciclovirα Entecavir Tenofovir...
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C virus (HCV) worldwide—genotype I— can be treated with interferon-α, ribavirin and protease inhibitors such as telaprevir, boceprevir or the nucleotide...
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