Alcohol and Cannabis Consumption Does Not Diminish Cure Rates in a Real-World Cohort of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infected Patients on Opioid Substitution Therapy—Data From the German Hepatitis C-Registry (DHC-R)

Alcohol and Cannabis Consumption Does Not Diminish Cure Rates in a Real-World Cohort of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infected Patients on Opioid Substitution Therapy—Data From the German Hepatitis C-Registry (DHC-R)

Background: The importance of alcohol and cannabis consumption for the effectiveness of treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with direct acting antivirals (DAAs) in people on opioid substitution therapy (OST) has not been investigated in detail. Methods: We investigated sustained v...

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Main Authors: Stefan Christensen, Peter Buggisch, Stefan Mauss, Klaus HW Böker, Tobias Müller, Hartwig Klinker, Tim Zimmermann, Yvonne Serfert, Bernd Weber, Jens Reimer, Heiner Wedemeyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-03-01
Series:Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1178221819835847

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