Atripla new antiviral, cure for HepB ?

Someone asked me about Atripla today.  I figure I put my comments here.

Atripla is a drug used to treat HIV.  It actually consists of 3 drugs, emtricitabine and tenofovir (which also works against HBV) and efavirenz (doesn't work against HBV).  Combination treatment is common practice for HIV so they combine multiple drugs into 1 pill.  Of course Atripla is NOT an FDA approved therapy for HBV.

Sometime in the future when the standard practice is combo treatment for HBV, they will combine entecavir and tenofovir into 1 pill and call it XcalibR 300.5mg     Hey, I called it first :)

[bberry]

that still did not answer the question of whether it will cure or not cure hmmmmmm

hey i called it first

[stevenNYer]

ahhhh....Mr. Berry....the constant hopeful :)

emtricitabine is in phase 3 trial for HBV.
tenofovir already FDA approved for HBV

But both are antiviral to interfere with virus replication and does little to nothing to clear the cccDNA.  So the search continues......

[Bill495]

I have had Hep. B since I was DX in 2006,I guess?? Who Knows? I think I might have got it at the VA hospital in Marion IL.   !!!!!!!! I have no virus in me now and have been celan of any virus for the 3 years, I am taking Hepsera & lumindine. I think i am somewhat deperssed.
Can I take zoloft with these meds.?

[bberry]

constant hopeful is me .. will probably die with hepB ...will probably die being the hopeful that iam ...who knows.. hope keeps you going and so i am one hopeful ******* :-)

you gotta think something has to give , ya know..
we're due ..kinda sorta ..
damn we are due fora cure NOW..hahahaha