that's the worst drugs, it makes hbv mutations that make almost all drugs useless and hbv escape mutants that infect vaccinated people too
that shi* is not an hbv drug anymore and should never be used, the same happened with adefovir
the only frist line approved drugs from 2009 are: interferon, tenofovir, entecavir and soon truvada, all other drugs makes mutants
have you heard about lamivudine??? is it really effective in the treatment of hep b?
the virus and the illness hepatitis are two different things, virus replication damages the liver and makes liver cancer/cirrhosis, entecavir can only block replication and liver damage so that you won t dye of cirrhosis or liver cancer but cannot eradicate hbv in the majority of patients, about 19% have hbsag lowering and will eradicate virus but therapy must be continuous for many years until hbsag gets negative
since your hbeag has got negative in one month already you might have more chances to make hbsag negative but you must take drug for 5-10 years minimum, alt is still abnormal and hepatitis still active usually it takes about 6-12 months to block hepatitis and have normal alt lower than 30
keep taking the drug and never stop or miss a pill because if you do the virus can make resistance and drug become useless
check hbsag quantitative by abbott architect in iu/ml, if it lowers you might get rid of hbsag by years of therapy
how much does it cost entecavir?>>>...i also have same case with you...i have hep.b but my doctor told me not to take a drug since it is not replicating...