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Before powerful hepatitis C drugs arrived in recent years, doctors frequently used a pill known as ribavirin as part of combination therapy to treat hepatitis C patients.

Interferon 1-b has generally been used to treat multiple sclerosis in the past, while lopinavir-ritonavir and ribavirin have been used to treat HIV and hepatitis C, respectively.

That ability might be why common antivirals such as ribavirin, which can thwart viruses such as hepatitis C, have failed to subdue SARS-CoV-2.

In the past, people with hepatitis C were treated with the potent drugs interferon and ribavirin for up to 48 weeks.

Orders for antibiotics like azithromycin and antiviral medicines like ribavirin nearly tripled.