| Barry 2005-06-29, 10:52 pm |
| I'll repeat what ironjustice said:
"So since the .. mode of operation of interferon seems to be ..
suppression of red blood cell production .. therefore .. decreased
blood cell .. mass .. equivalent .. to .. bloodletting / venesection /
phlebotomy .. ?"
The abstract he posted also said that white blood cells were reduced,
and it said "IFN-alpha based therapies are associated with a decrease
in all three haematopoietic lineages." Sounds like maybe bloodletting
does something similar.
His response to "decreasing the number of red blood cells does not kill
HCV" was a link to something that says "The authors concluded that long
term maintenance of iron depletion by therapeutic phlebotomy prevents
progression of fibrosis in CHC. They suggest that chronic iron
reduction is a good alternative to interferon in treatment of CHC." Is
that a bad response? I don't know because most replies to him are
attacks with no useful information.
I don't know much about any of this, but I don't think this group is
intended only for those who are experts, and I'd appreciate some real
rebuttals that might be of use to someone like me, or at least the
absence of juvenile replies.
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