Uganda: Medics Use ARVs to Treat Hepatitis B

20 September 2011

Medical personnel in Adjumani District have resorted to a desperate Plan B to treat Hepatitis B after recommended drugs ran out of supply. They are now using Anti-Retrovirals (ARVs), which combinations are meant for HIV treatment.

Officials confirmed that ARVs can also be used to treat Hepatitis B disease. Adjumani Hospital acting Medical Superintendent, Dr Dominic Drametu, told Daily Monitor yesterday that they are using drugs such lamivudine and tenofovia for treating Hepatitis B.

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