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Jewish Herald-Voice
Janaury 26, 2012
Health
Arts
New treatments for hepatitis C
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Med Notes
The information in this
column is not intended to provide
medical advice on personal health
matters, which should be obtained
directly from a physician.
More than 37,000 people
in Houston (and 4 million
nationwide) have a silent disease
called hepatitis C. Most don’t
know they have it. It causes liver
inflammation, and aggressive
forms can lead to scarring of
the liver (cirrhosis), chronic
liver disease or liver cancer. It
is contracted by contact with
infected blood through unsafe
injections, contaminated needles
(such as those used for tattooing
and body piercing), and blood
transfusions given before July
1992.
Formerly, the common
treatment included 48 weeks of
pegylated interferon and ribavirin
alone, and only was effective in
about half the cases. In early 2011,
the Food and Drug Administration
approved boceprevir (Victrelis)
and telaprevir (Incivek) to
treat the most common strain,
HCV genotype 1. The FDA
based its approval on clinical
trials sponsored by the drugs’
manufacturers for treating
chronic hepatitis C with stable
liver problems, those who have
not been treated before, or who
have failed previous treatment.
The drugs are used in conjunction
with the traditional hepatitis C
combination therapy of the drugs
listed above. In the manufacturers’
trials, the cure rates were raised
significantly. Instead of the
standard therapy, which usually
takes 44 weeks to be effective,
the new regime took 28-44 weeks,
depending on how quickly the
virus responded to the drugs.
This sounds good - but know
the side effects before you try
this. They can be harsh enough
to stop treatment. The drugs can
cause flu-like symptoms, cause
low white and red blood cell
counts - the latter of which can
cause severe anemia that requires
treatment. Others include rash,
impaired taste, nausea, vomiting,
rectal problems, fatigue and
intense itching. They may cause
birth defects or death of an unborn
baby. Patients need to tell their
physicians of all the medications
and supplements they are taking,
and report any side effects. Once
treatment ends, so do most of the
side effects.
As in all new drugs, there is
risk, and the patient and physician
should weigh in on all the
possibilities of treatment versus
any possible long-term effects.
Pam Geyer is a health care
specialist and medical writer.
She may be reached at pgeyer@
medcetera.com. □
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Triple Focus presents best of Houston dance
Dance Month 2012 at the
Kaplan Theatre presents Triple
Focus on Saturday, Jan. 28, at 8
p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 29, at 3 p.m.
at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish
Community Center of Houston.
Triple Focus presents three
dynamic professional dance
companies, brought together
for an evening of dance
presenting works from hip-hop
to contemporary. Commissioned
this season are infinite Movement
Ever Evolving, Chapman Dancer
and Wyld Styl. These innovative
companies will premier one new
work and one piece from their
repertoire.
Amid numerous, easily
accessible entertainment choices,
infinite Movement Ever Evolving
aspires to motivate community
members to choose to experience
the art of dance. By presenting
dance that focuses on excellence,
while challenging and stimulating
the intellect, iMEE strives to
attract and excite audiences.
Their vision is to present a dance
form aimed at evoking emotional
thought processes harmonious
with the mind, heart and soul.
Spencer Gavin Hering’s world
premiere “elliptical capture” is a
multidisciplined contemporary
ballet collaboration between
five dancers, a soprano and a
photographer; stark, inspiring
and intellectually challenging.
The music “Uniko” is by
composer Samuli Kominen. The
second piece, “Frozen Angels,”
choreographed by Andrea
Dawn Shelley, is a sensual pas
de deux with spoken-word
accompaniment. Within the
complex relationship between
the dancers and actor, a tug of
war exists through movement
and poetry of Pablo Neruda. “An
exquisitely sensual pas de deux
danced to the Neruda poem, “I
Like For You To Be Still,” writes
Daniel Kepi of the Santa Barbara
News Press.
Chapman Dance’s choreogra-
phy highlights the strength and
vulnerability of the female phy-
sique. In choreographer Teresa
Chapman’s latest work, titled
“Rusalki,” Chapman calls upon
the haunting sounds of Kitka to
provide an otherworldly atmo-
sphere for an “uber-physical” cel-
ebration of the feminine spirit.
In addition, “Reach” explores the
physical and emotional need to
connect with another person.
Wyld Styl is a hip-hop crew
based out of Soundbox Studios.
The company has a deep history
rooted in the Houston Dance scene
and has received recognitions and
awards from competitions as well
as the hip-hop dance community.
They will present three pieces
choreographed by members of
the crew entitled “Till the World
Ends,” “One in a Million” and
“Wyld Card.”
Triple Focus will be held in the
Kaplan Theatre, IW Marks Theatre
Center, The Gerald Rauch Cultural
and Performing Arts Wing, 5601 S.
Braeswood Blvd. For tickets, visit
erjcchouston.org, or call the box
office at 713-551-7255. For more
details, contact Maxine Silberstein,
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