New Treatment For Hepatitis C: New Application For Drug Already Approved For Lowering Cholesterol

Researchers at the OU Health Sciences Center have found a new use for an old drug. Their findings appear online in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.The drug, Fluvastatin, has been approved since 1993 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of elevated cholesterol in adults. Millions of patients have taken Fluvastatin for cholesterol without difficulty.

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Filed under: Liver Disease / Hepatitis on May 17th, 2008