Treatment ? Clinical Trail?

[rach_ny]

Hi, i have very little knowledge of Hep B and apologize ahead of the time for stupid questions.
Background: found out i'm hep b carrier at age 16, when my brother was tested positive, the whole family went for testing, and i was the unlucky one, my mom for some reason was tested negative, but my dr. believe it was from my mom, that my mom's result was false negative. She never re-test. I'm female and 35 years old now. My previous dr. (2003-2012) always says that since my liver function is normal, no medication is recommended even though my viral count was high. then i moved an have a new dr since 2012, he however believes that i should take tenofovir because my viral count is high, but he said it's my choice and i could take time to think about it. so when i finally decided to take this medicine, he said there's now a new trial on going, and it might cure hep b, and i'm a perfect candidate for it. So it's the Gilead's trial of " Safety and Efficacy of GS-4774 in Combination With Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) for the Treatment of Subjects With Chronic Hepatitis B and Who Are Currently Not on Treatment"

I'm scare of the side effects, and read that there was death on a previous hep C trail.
I have no medical knowledge and wanted to know if there's any danger in clinical trial. what are the pros and cons? If i don't do it, and this trial is successful, how soon will the medication be available?

my test result as of july 2014,
HEPATITIS BS AG - Reactive
HEPATITIS Bs Ab QUAL - Non-reactive
ALT-23
AST-22
ALPHA FETOPROTEIN - 2.9
FERRITIN - 10
HEPATITIS BE AB - Negative
HBV DNA QUANT. PCR - 122,189,878 iu/ml
HEPATITIS BE AG - Positive

i read many posts by the community, and it seems like i need to get HBsAg quantitative number, which i didn't see from my result, just email my dr to get that.

thank you all.

[rach_ny]

honestly had no idea about off all dairies. why is that? is there an article i should read?
Also nuts? doctors never mention about this. what's the rational behind it?
what about organic dairy?
so 2.5L of water with 25mg of calcium? i don't think it's possible to get calcium supplement in such a small dose 25mg? i normally see 500mg in supplements here.
I'm sure i'm missing something here ;) doesn't really make sense.

[rach_ny]

re alcohol, my dr also told me one glass a day is perfectly fine. hmm... definitely do learn a ton on this board. Thanks again.

[stef2011]

Yes mandatory off all dairies even those in processed foods and restriction of nuts.water 2.5l of water with calcium less than 10mg/l.this will make vitd25oh very safe at 150ng/ml and is also healthy in general, dairies are contaminated from the rubbish food animals are fed and all the drugs given to them

[luckyman316]

rach, taking 10,000iu daily is pretty essential for us. I did this last year and feel MUCH MUCH better. At a point, I even upped it to 20,000iu to get my levels above 100. The lab cutoff is 100 but if you read what Stef posts, we could go as high as 150 and be safe.

Coffee is fine.. it's been actually said to be beneficial for your liver. Of course, there are downsides to it too. I used to drink 3/4 cups a day and ended up with bad teeth because of it lol

You need to stay away from alcohol as much as you can. My doctor gave me the whole "2-3 beers a week or 1-2 glasses of wine are fine" but I know better. It doesn't hurt anyone to tell people "I can't drink right now, doctor's orders". Also, it's been said to stay away from dairy...

[rach_ny]

oh.. i didn't realized it's 10,000. i was only taking 2,000 iu before.
am i way off here?

[rach_ny]

it's funny you mentioned coffee. when i first see my dr. i asked him if i should keep my coffee to one cup, he said coffee is good, 2 or 3 cups are fine. drink it away. LOL. i do use creme in my coffee.  I only have alcohol on occasion, or events i go to, so there's no issue there.

On vit d, you take two gels a day for 20,000 iu, right?