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| Iowa prisons use expensive pill to treat hepatitis C |
| By thonline.com |
| Published: 09/09/2014 |
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Iowa's state Corrections Department has started the limited use of a hepatitis drug that costs $1,000 per pill. Supporters of Solvadi’s use argue that it cures more than 90 percent of people who take it, depending on which virus strain they have. They say it also has fewer side effects than older drugs used to treat hepatitis C, a virus most commonly spread by sharing infected needles. According to the corrections department’s medical director Harbans Deol, more than 10 percent of the prison system’s inmates have the virus. In order to qualify for the drug, inmates must show signs of illness. They have to be in prison for 18 months and must be willing to participate in alcohol- or drug-addiction treatment. The drugs aren’t given to the inmate if he or she is allergic, pregnant, have heart problems, have bleeding disorders or have liver problems. Read More. |
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