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Hepatitis C Main Forums => Hepatitis C and HIV Coinfection => Topic started by: Hep Editors on April 25, 2018, 10:14:01 am

Title: AbbVie’s Viekira Is Likely Safe for Kidneys in Those With HIV and Hep C
Post by: Hep Editors on April 25, 2018, 10:14:01 am
Treating hepatitis C virus (HCV) with AbbVie’s Viekira regimen (ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir; dasabuvir) among those coinfected with HIV is likely safe for the kidneys, Infectious Disease Advisor reports.

Publishing their findings in PLOS ONE, researchers gave the Viekira regimen to 144 people with HIV and genotype 1 of HCV.

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https://www.hepmag.com/article/abbvies-viekira-likely-safe-kidneys-hiv-hep-c