The Common of Side Effects of Pegylated Interferon Treatment in Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Patients: Systematic Review

Pegylated Interferon (Peg-INF) therapy which has various side effects and is relatively severe. The side effects that occur in each individual are different, some patients treated with Peg-INF have experienced mild to severe side effects. Evaluation The side effects of Peg-INF on chronic hepatitis B and / or C have not been widely reported. Thus, I will conduct research on the side effects of Peg-INF therapy in chronic hepatitis B and / or C patients by combining two or more research results that can be combined to obtain new quantitative data. The purpose of this study was to determine the side effects of Peg-INF treatment in chronic hepatitis B and C patients.  This research uses the Systematic Review method. With the keyword "Efek Samping Pegylated Interferon"; "Pegylated Interferon successful treatment"; Pegylated Interferon Hepatitis in Asia”. As a result total of 19 journal articles were obtained and the side effects of Peg-INF were hematological, systemic, psychiatric, autoimmune and hearing function side effects.