Results after about 2 months of VitD3 5000iu and heptec

[April9903]

In April my viral load was 1.7 mil copies/ml.

the results now:-
Fibroscan -- 4.6 kpa
HBV DNA --  55,814 copies/ml
HBsAg (Quantitative) --  2906.99 IU/ml (cut off= 0.05 IU/ml)
25OH Vitamin D3 --  40.8 ug/l

Alt -- 54 u/l -----high (normal 0 - 44)
Ast -- 53 u/l ----high (normal 15 - 41)

Genotype, Precore Mutation, Polemerase mutation have to wait about 2 weeks.
My alt, art is always a little bit high. My doctor already wanted to treat me and she said I have about 50% chance now if I make peg interferon treatment. But I told her I wanted to wait for the time being.
I think vitD3 or heptec or both helped me in dropping so much hbv dna.

my alt and art is high like this for about 2-3 years I think.

[4est]

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-B/Vitamin-D---again-/show/1667443

[April9903]

OrientS
I take altogether 8 pills after breakfast and dinner only. Lunch time I take milk thistle and vit d3. Since you have a fibroscan result of only 2.3 kpa, just HepTec and Fibroguard should be working for you.

4est
Yes, vit d3 is also in HepTec. I take only vit D3 5000iu. With vitd3 from HepTec and calcium tablet which also contains vit d3, I consume about 8000iu of vit d3 a day.
My asthma is 99% gone now. This must be because of vitd3 and/or HepTec.

[4est]

don't HepTech have vit d also ?

[OrientS]

if you use all 4 types, that means you consume around 7 capsules after each meal ..

i have only HepTech and Fibroguard, 4 capsules after each meal, alot of pills, i dont whether it work or not ..

[April9903]

lila58
You are right, it can be very disappointing and depressing.

stef2011
I'll check everything including fibroscan in March again and I'll probably start the treatment with entecavir which the doctor said I should start. I have ordered the alinia already; I'll receive them soon.
You mentioned somewhere that hbsag quantity relaspe after taking alinia for some time. Is it because of mono therapy?
My plan right now is in March I'll start with antiviral entecavir or tenefoir and about a year later add interferon. Just shortly before peg-interferon (may be 4 weeks before) I'll take alinia. The planning of how to start tx is really stressing me out.
At the moment I am taking Vit D3 8000iu and HepTec all 4 types.
Thank you, stef.

[stef2011]

the important thing is:
hbsag stays about the same so you are sure to get good results on treatment

do you have plans on alinia, tenofovir and interferon?

dont worry too much about hbvdna it has little or almost no meaning unless totally undetactable or close to undetactable, while hbsag is the most important
also high alt is important, it means your immune system can see the infected cells and kill them

i'd check again in 2-3 months and if hbsag rises i'd definitely start alinia and tenofovir and then just follow hbsag quantity for about a year and add interferon when hbsag gets close to 1500iu/ml or lower

the key is to keep an eye on hbsag and start a treatment before it moves to higher values which has no response to interferon.
hbsag values between 10.000 and 20.000iu/ml are almost sure to be non response to interferon as regards hbsag clearance