Patent ID: 6951219
Filing Date: 2005-10-04
Classification: A61F,A61M,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method for treating a patient infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) comprising raising the core temperature of the patient and then returning the core temperature of the patient to normal at least one time, wherein the core temperature is raised to a temperature range and a duration sufficient to reduce the patient's viral load of HCV by 30 percent or more three months after the core temperature has been raised and returned to normal said at least one time, wherein the patient's viral load of HCV is determined at least once after the core temperature has been raised and returned to normal said at least one time, and wherein the patient is treated with a pharmaceutical indicated for hepatitis C that is selected from ribavirin, lamivudine, interferon alfacon-1, interferon alfa-2a, interferon alfa-2b, interferon-alfa-n1, thymosin alpha-1, interleukin-2, interferon alpha-n3, ketoprofen, interferon beta-1a, interferon gamma-1b, interleukin-12, or combinations thereof.