alinia

[stef2011]

did anybody try alinia with hbv?

it is strange nobody tried it yet since it is not expensive and available at pharmacy

[stef2011]

the positive side is if hbsag less than 1000iu/ml go for pegintf combo, improve your vit d levels to max normal and then we see how hbsag goes down

[stef2011]

I guess the DNA decrease was mostly due to immune reaction, not enticavir.

no it was entecavir, your immune system is failing like all chronic ones and the virus keeps mutating to evade it.its best no immune response that an immune response that fails because the last one leads to more mutations and in the end you will not clear even hbsag und, you better start etv, tdf or pegintf and stop mutations plus a low hbsag can clear on tdf too although if less than 1000iu/ml better go for peg

Ultra sound check was fine except fatty liver.

very bad fatty liver can be much worst than being hbv infected if you dont clear it and it is not the liver only but the whole body to have this metabolic disease if you are overweight so by time diabetes, cancer and so on may come

I gave a question, can I add Alinia from now,

no it did not work, just a waste of money and time, pegintf  mon or combo is the best choice

check your fibroscan, a very active immune system can make a lot of damage when you have this for decades better be sure liver is ok

[killbeer]

Hi Stef, I'm 45 and I was aware that I was infected with hbv with hbeag positive 25 years ago after a blood check. Some one year later, hbeag became negative and hbeab became positive after a short period of alt/ast flare. Then ever since it's been quite steady with DNA negative for some 20 years, but in the last 6years,DNA became detected between e3 and e4, alt was always normal, 21 or 22. But through the years hbsag has been decreasing to 190iu in 2014. Late last year in November, DNA was e6,and hbsag increased to 1000iu, alt was 60. A month after in december hbsab was 11miu, which was positive, as well as hbsag+, alt was 90 and ast was 60, DNA remained e6, early this January, alt was 377, ast 180, DNA decreased to e4,then, from that day on I took enticavir, a week later DNA became e3,alt some 300, 2 weeks later, DNA was 240iu, alt still remained at high level, 220,then a week later, alt 76, didn't do DNA check. Ultra sound check was fine except fatty liver.
I guess the DNA decrease was mostly due to immune reaction, not enticavir. I will do blood check on hbsag next month and I do hope immune system has done a good job in decreasing hbsag quant to a Lowe level. I gave a question, can I add Alinia from now, (or from when)? According to my description, do you think I have a good chance to clear hbsag? Thanks.

[stef2011]

not 100% but very high chances, if more than 1000iu/ml chances will be very low

[stef2011]

get hbsag quantitative in iu/ml by architect or elecsys, if less than 1000iu/ml you ll clear by peginterferon

[gilin]

im HBsAg positive,viral load negative and antigen E also negative,dont know what is the next step of my life,im really worried,cant get a job in medical field also and not sure about getting married.