BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy
Archive for June 2011
I Am Pro Coffee
This morning, as I drank my morning cup of coffee – yes, I do drink one to two partial cups a day – I was reminded that coffee may benefit our patients being treated for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We teach our patients with liver disease that they must pay attention to foods and … Continue reading
Stick with the 1-2-3 Punch
Just the other day, I was asked a great question about the new hepatitis C medication Victrelis (boceprevir) by a concerned and thoughtful physician. As you probably already know, Victrelis recently gained FDA approval for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Victrelis is a protease inhibitor that blocks the HCV protease enzyme … Continue reading
Treatment Success Calls For a True Specialty Pharmacy
We’re entering a new era in treatment of the hepatitis C virus (HCV), with a cocktail of three drugs taking center stage as the new gold standard. With two new protease inhibitors just being released – Victrelis (boceprevir) from Merck and Incivek (telaprevir) from Vertex – it appears that we can dare, for the first … Continue reading
Love Your Liver
I have been asked countless times, “Dr V, what can I do to help eliminate this virus from my liver?”Although there are several things that you simply can’t control, the good news is that there are others that you can control to win the war against the hepatitis C virus (HCV). What is out of … Continue reading
