Alcohol and Cannabis Consumption Does Not Diminish Cure Rates in a Real-World Cohort of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infected Patients on Opioid Substitution Therapy-Data From the German Hepatitis C-Registry (DHC-R)

• Main Authors: Stefan Christensen (Author), Peter Buggisch (Author), Stefan Mauss (Author), Klaus HW Böker (Author), Tobias Müller (Author), Hartwig Klinker (Author), Tim Zimmermann (Author), Yvonne Serfert (Author), Bernd Weber (Author), Jens Reimer (Author), Heiner Wedemeyer (Author)
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• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: The importance of alcohol and cannabis consumption for the effectiveness of treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with direct acting antivirals (DAAs) in people on opioid substitution therapy (OST) has not been investigated in detail. Methods: We investigated sustained v...