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Very interesting study TX-4 Hep C using common pill

http://news.yahoo.com/allergy-drug-could-cheap-option-hepatitis-c-study-151128171.html
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Sorry for the repost, I'm not on here as often right now and missed it.  Have to take a break from time to time, ....get to weighed down thinking about this dumb disease that has been in my body more than 1/2 of my life!
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Interesting
"People should not take CCZ to treat their hepatitis C until it has been demonstrated that CCZ can be used safely and effectively for that purpose," said study author T. Jake Liang, senior investigator at NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

can-do-man posted about it a day ago.  
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/Cheap-allergy-drug-may-be-effective-for-hepatitis-C/show/2538048

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