Description:
Victrelis is a prescription medicine used with the medicines peginterferon alfa and ribavirin to treat chronic (long-lasting) hepatitis C infection in adults who have not been treated before or who have failed previous treatment.
Side Effects:
Victrelis may cause serious side effects, including:
Blood problems. Victrelis can affect your bone marrow and cause low red blood cell, and low white blood cell, counts. In some people, these blood counts may fall to dangerously low levels. If your blood cell counts become very low, you can get anemia or infections.
The most common side effects of Victrelis in combination with peginterferon alfa and ribavirin include:
tiredness
nausea
headache
change in taste
Tell your healthcare provider about any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.