Hep C sufferers endangering health to get treatment
B.C., Ont. won't cover antiviral drugs without liver damage, so patients binge drink
Health-care workers who treat hepatitis C are raising the alarm about patients who are binge drinking and taking dangerous herbal concoctions to try to inflame their own livers in a desperate bid to get provincial governments to pay for their medication.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/02/bc-hepcbinging.html#ixzz0h9zosnHT
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