The pharmacology and activity of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs): a review of their use as an adjuvant treatment in patients with HBV and HCV chronic hepatitis

The use of NSAIDs in patients with chronic viral hepatitis has only a “historical” interest. Nevertheless, the possible usefulness of ketoprofen with PEG-IFN and ribavirin for HCV-infected patients, non-responders to standard therapy or with genotype 1, should be evaluated in future clinical studies.