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Fake viread?

My doctor suggested me to take Viread 3months ago. For the 1st month and probably the second month, I felt good with it. Though there is some side effect, I felt energetic those days. In the 3rd month, there was no side effect at all, but I felt easy to be tired again. Had a blood test after 3 months the doctor said the Alt is still a bit higher, and the DNA is reducing but no fully suppressed.
Now I suspect the 3rd bottle has no effect. The first two bottles were produced in Canada, refilled in local CVS,  and the3rd bottle is produced by Ireland, refilled by a mail order. Would this be possible?

I got another bottle from CVS, started taking it last night, now I feel uncomfortable with my stomache, just like when I took the first bottle. I'm in US, where can I get help on these, to confirm those from Ireland have the same effect.
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antivirals are not supposed to improve life quality or cure hbv, they can only prevent liver damage or regress liver damage

as to life quality today i can say i was better with advanced cirrhosis than today with regressed cirrhosis under tenofovir+entecavir.energy levels, mood and possibility to work long hours was much better with advanced cirrhosis than under antivirals.today i am able to work less than 50% with much less energy
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also check latest research on cancer and PH and simple bicarbonate to keep hi ph and prevent both cancer and kidneys damage
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like me except that i have geno d but actually i have a far relative dyed of liver cancer too, its where hbv originated before infecting probably my grandmonther and my mother

i started with etv and it took about 7 months to get it und despite i had very low hbvdna to start with, complexity of mutants is what can slow down hbvdna response but with tdf you have no worries because it has no mutants and even if it takes 12 months you have no worries

check also all posts and research on supplements able to cut HCC like high dose epa and dha fish oil, bitter melon, coffee and others
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Thanks for the information. Maybe I have too high expectation for Viread that I thought 3 months should be enough to dramatically reduce the hbvdna level.

Actually my personal goal for the treatment is to  reduce the risk of cancer. My father died of liver cancer at his fifties. My HBV Genotype is C. There's also BCP mutation 'A1762T, G1764A' on my test reports. Seems all that indicates higher cancer risks.

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3-6 months generally, 12 months for those with very high hbvdna

but keep in mind that hbvdna und does not mean no hbv repplication, hbv keeps replicating inthe liver anyway and keeps infecting new cells, antivirals are not potent enough to stop hbv lifecycle

alt the higher the better, alt means your immune system is killing nfected cells
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Anyway I will continue take those produced in Canada for the following month, and see my life would be much better.

Normally how long would it take to fully suppress HBV DNA?

In April, my DNA is 120E6 IU/ml. My ALT was around 90(10~55)

  
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they are the same if fake hbvdna and alt will jump sky high
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