Drug Points: Rhabdomyolysis after treatment with interferon alfa
- 20 August 1994
- Vol. 309 (6953) , 512
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.309.6953.512a
Abstract
A 46 year old man treated with interferon alfa for hepatitis C presented with acute rhabdomyolysis. Hepatitis C had been diagnosed two years previously (confirmed by results of polymerase chain reaction), and liver biopsy at that time had showed chronic active hepatitis. Treatment with interferon alfa (Intron A) (5 MIU three times a week) had been started 10 weeks before presentation and the dose of drug gradually increased in an attempt …Keywords
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