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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Pegasys Peginterferon Alfa-2a

Premium Questions

Dr. Enrique Molina MD

I am currently taking pegasys shots once a week and ribasphere 200 mg twice a day and my blood levels are good I have no side effects and my birthday is coming up and I would like to have a couple ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Enrique Molina ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Neel Kudchadkar MD

[you gave me hope , but short term side effects have lasted 2 years and i still fight chronic fatigue , depression , social anxiety ,and do not drive for safety of me and others on the road, too many close calls! i am... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Neel Kudchadkar ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Indranil Ghosh MD

Hello, I am a 65 yo female just started on Pegasys to assist in stopping the progression of myelofibrosis from previous ET. By accident I started myself on a 1/4 of the recommended dosage and was very ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indranil Ghosh ( Oncologist)
Dr. Uma Rajah Ananth MD

My Total protein 74, Albumin by electrof. 50. Alfa 1 glob-1 Alfa-2 glob-7 Beta Glob-7 Gamma GL-8 Interpr-normal patt. is my a/g ratio normal? email: YYYY@YYYY ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Uma Rajah Ananth ( Pediatrician)
Dr.   Kavita Paul MD

for patients who are to recieve epoetin alfa? What are the most common ill side effects of the drug epoetin alfa? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kavita Paul ( Internal Medicine Specialist)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. Amit Jain MD

this is for a Hepatologist i have a patient on pegasys for Hep C who has been having recurrent ... portal hypertension. can I have the patient continue taking pegasys in the peri-op period? aabha ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Amit Jain ( Gastroenterologist)
Dr.   Satnarain Bansal MD

Respected sir , I have taken treatment kemotherapy for seminoma, after that i have taken a treatment for HCV by injection of pegasys 180. Now I am suffring from mild Hepatosplenomegaly with the ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Satnarain Bansal ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.   Parth Goswami MD

Interpretation: Positive (23)Method: ELISA Treatment : Injection-Peginterferon alfa & Epoetin Beta ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Parth Goswami ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
Dr. Tushar Kanti Biswas MD

MY HUSBAND HAS THROMBOCYTOSIS AND WILL SOON BE STARTING ON PEGASYS. I AM VERY FEARFUL REGARDING THE SIDE EFFECTS. CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME INFO ON THINGS WE CAN DO TO MINIMIZE SIDE EFFECTS THE DOSE IS .25MM ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Tushar Kanti Biswas ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

i have hepatitis b ,,i m under the treatment with pegasys injections,i received 12 injections but when i saw the pcr report the virus is going more than befor...before pcr 11,00000 and after 12 ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)