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163305 tn?1333668571

pegasys versus peg-intron, side effects?

Hi,
   Any opinions on which treatment has less horrible side effects, pegasys or peg-intron?
   Thanks
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  hello i have a daughter that has taken pegintron starting aug 07 she is suffer bad depression and mind promblems how long does this last after stopping the med? i don't want to put her away for ever she is really a good person. now she is nuts as abug. any help? email me at ***@**** with an answer please.
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PegIntron comes in prefilled vials like Pegasys does and it also comes in mix yourself vials. Pick your poison.
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The study desrt referred to was sponsored by PegIntron (Shering) in the same issue:
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I'll just weigh in for Pegasys.  It was easy to administer and I cleared after 56 weeks of treatment.


FL -- thanks for the whole story

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LOL yeah like Schering would finance a study to say PegASYS was better?

hahahahahahahhahahaa  It's all in the $$$ and nada much otherwise and if that don't prove it...nothing will.
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96938 tn?1189799858
The lead sentence/paragraph in the article:  "A combination of pegylated interferon plus ribavirin is standard therapy for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C, but there is little research comparing the two approved brands of pegylated interferon"

From my own observation, if you inserted the word 'independent' between the words 'little' and 'research' it might be a more accurate statement.  Maybe something like the safety impact tests for autos.  After all, there are a lot of us 'test crash dummies' out here.
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