Many of the adverse reactions depend on the nature of the disease being treated. Either hairy cell leukemia [L] or AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma [K].
- TRADE NAMES: Alferon N; Green-Alpha; Infergen (Intermune); Intron A (Schering); Introna; Introne; Laroferon; Rebetron (Schering); Roceron-A; Roferon-A (Roche)
- INDICATIONS: Chronic hepatitis C virus infection, hairy cell leukemia
- SYNONYM: IFN; INF
- CLASS: Biologic, Immunomodulator, Interferon
- HALF-LIFE: 2 hours
- CLINICALLY IMPORTANT, POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS INTERACTIONS WITH:
Aldesleukin, Amitriptyline, Captopril, Gemfibrozil, Metaxalone, Methadone, Ribavirin, Telbivudine, Theophylline, Theophylline derivatives, Zafirlukast, Zidovudine - PREGNANCY: pregnancy category will be X when used in combination with ribavirin
- See adverse reactions attributed to class:
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