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Dean Edell, MD, a physician and radio show host, stated in a Nov. 30, 2000 article "I'm Getting Treatment For Hepatitis C. Will Marijuana Help Me Or Harm Me?" in response to a letter from an individual with Hepatitis C using marijuana, posted on HealthCentral.com:
“People…have used marijuana to fight nausea with no negative consequences and any anti-nausea drug that the doctor gives you will also be metabolized by the liver. I feel more secure with your liver trying to handle marijuana. Marinol, the FDA-approved pill form of marijuana has shown no toxicity to the liver.
I would estimate marijuana to be as safe as anything else. Interferon and ribarvirin is a pretty hefty combination that can be curative in a significant percentage of cases. It’s basically all we have for hepatitis C. Interferon can make you pretty sick, but ribarvirin is fairly easy on you. They are both antiviral drugs.”
Nov. 30, 2000