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Title: People Who Inject Drugs Should Not Be Restricted From Hep C Treatment
Post by: Hep Editors on October 08, 2018, 02:01:24 pm

Given that people who inject drugs (PWID) have a high success rate on hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment, these individuals should not be restricted from receiving such medications, according to researchers behind a new meta-analysis of hep C treatment studies including PWID as participants.

Publishing their findings in The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, researchers included 38 studies representing 3,634 participants in their meta-analysis.

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