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INTERFERON ALFA-2B for Hepatitis c: Side Effects & Safety Data

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There are 137 adverse event reports in the FDA FAERS database where INTERFERON ALFA-2B was used for Hepatitis c.

Most Reported Side Effects for INTERFERON ALFA-2B

Side Effect Reports % Deaths Hosp.
Product use in unapproved indication 224 10.8% 20 18
Off label use 207 10.0% 8 27
Fatigue 206 9.9% 5 26
Nausea 120 5.8% 4 20
Influenza like illness 105 5.1% 0 8
Drug ineffective 94 4.5% 7 10
Product use issue 86 4.1% 10 5
Headache 80 3.9% 0 13
Pyrexia 80 3.9% 6 33
No adverse event 76 3.7% 0 0
Adverse event 65 3.1% 2 24
Malaise 62 3.0% 2 23
Death 60 2.9% 59 13
Diarrhoea 57 2.8% 3 11
Decreased appetite 55 2.7% 3 17

Other Indications for INTERFERON ALFA-2B

Malignant melanoma (190) Cutaneous t-cell lymphoma (83) Mycosis fungoides (81) Product used for unknown indication (79) Chronic hepatitis c (77) Bladder cancer (65) Covid-19 (43) Adult t-cell lymphoma/leukaemia (29) Chronic myeloid leukaemia (29) Neoplasm malignant (22)

Other Drugs Used for Hepatitis c

RIBAVIRIN (20,657) PEGINTERFERON ALFA-2A (10,970) LEDIPASVIR\SOFOSBUVIR (8,924) DASABUVIR\OMBITASVIR\PARITAPREVIR\RITONAVIR (8,264) SOFOSBUVIR (7,691) SOFOSBUVIR\VELPATASVIR (4,956) GLECAPREVIR\PIBRENTASVIR (4,016) OMBITASVIR\PARITAPREVIR\RITONAVIR (2,906) TELAPREVIR (2,604) DASABUVIR (2,603)

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INTERFERON ALFA-2B Full Profile All Hepatitis c Drugs INTERFERON ALFA-2B Demographics INTERFERON ALFA-2B Timeline