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Question .. Is it ok to use baraclude .5 with isoniazid or rifampicin?

hi to all ..

The person who has both chronic HBV and Latent Tuberculosis (LTB)?

As per medical guidelines it is highly recommended to use antibiotics (isoniazid and rifampicin altogether for six months) to kill Tuberculosis bacteria ..

however, this person is under entecavir 0.5 for a year .. and is written in isoniazid sheet it is may harm liver ..

what is your recommendations?
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iam on vit d3 for around a year .. 5000 iu .. day by day .. some times .. missing .. when i started my vit d 25 oh was 21 ng/ml .. i tested  this week it comes 41.2 ng/ml .. i feel so good improvement ..


iam thinking to use garlic capsules from pharmacy thats give same antibiotics action with no side effects ..
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use megadoses of vitamin d plus the antibiotics requested, there are almost no drugs safe for the liver but the liver regenerates so it is not important unless he is cirrhotic
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