Focus on the Virus: A New Paradigm for the Management and Treatment of HBV

[GrandOak]

FYI of our HBV patients:

Understanding HBV: Viral Load and Disease Progression

New Measures of Treatment Success: Recent Data on Potency and On-Treatment Response

Management of Resistance: Implications for Treatment Choice

Management of an HBeAg-Negative Patient With Cirrhosis and Elevated Alanine Aminotransferase

Management of an HBeAg-Positive Patient With Borderline-Normal ALT and Family History of Liver Cancer

Viral Load and Disease Progression (Slides)

New Measures of Treatment Success: Recent Data on Potency and On-Treatment Response (Slides)

Management of Resistance: Implications for Treatment Choices (Slides)

See:

http://clinicaloptions.com/Hepatitis/Treatment%20Updates/New%20Paradigm%20for%20HBV.aspx

[Jimmy1971]

Hi GrandOak, are you a hep b carrier?  if so, for how long? Three months ago, I just found out that i am a carrier. Thanks for the link, Jim

[GrandOak]

No, I'm HCV positive.  I found out a year ago that I'm HCV Geno 1a.  I was a grade 1 stage 4 with VL 72,000,000 as of last December.  I've been on tx since January and find out Friday where I'm at after past 12 wks at full tx (because first doc botched rescue med when Hgb dropped and I spent several months adjusting Procrit and Ribavirin to regain full dose of Riba again).

I do keep an eye out for what is occurring in research of the other strains and HIV as they are all somewhat related and breakthroughs in one may lead to same for others, and hopefully my type as well.