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hepatitis b

i was diagnosed with hepa b, i was advised by the doctor to take entecavir for 3 months..so i did take baraclude for almost a month now..before i was my hgsag and hbeag were reactive and my sgpt was 86 u/l..now i my hgsag is still reactive but  luckily my hgeag is already non-reactive..and my sgpt is 50 u/l..is there any other  way to make my hgsag non-reactive? or is it possible to make it both non-reactive? what foods should i eat..pls pls help me..
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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
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1507242 tn?1299862453
have you heard about lamivudine??? is it really effective in the treatment of hep b?
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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
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1507242 tn?1299862453
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...
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