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Dr who knows about long term interferon effects

I took 7 mcg and 800 mg of ribavirin DAILY for a year in 1999-2000.  I have never been the same and would be interested in talking to a Dr who knows about the possible long term side effects of this treatment.  I did clear the virus.
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I began having memory problems when taking interferon and they continued after stoping. Two years later a cats scan shows i have begining dementia/alzhimers. Any others out there? Where can i go to gather this info.
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Please note several other threads posted recently having to do with long term side effects of interferon.  There are at least two threads on this subject active in the past day.  You may want to join in the conversation on those threads.

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