alinia

[stef2011]

did anybody try alinia with hbv?

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

[ggtm]

Yes u're right in a way..I am just taking a chance (since there's no risks). Is there a way to roughly gauge whether Im on the high HBsag side or low? (besides quantitative tests) My alt/ast is generally in the normal range, with 1-2 episodes slightly elevated for a while. Liver ultrasounds are always good.

Is simvastin proven to help HepB too? You are saying I should take etv+alinia+simvastin? Is this too much for the body to bear? Sigh...I am really looking forward to the day I can be free from all sorts of medication. It can be quite depressing knowing I have to be on so much medication.

[stef2011]

without hbsag quant you have no idea about what is happening and if you are curing infection or just blocking liver damage by entecavir...alinia is even worst because it is mainly active on hbsag and much less on hbvdna

what happens when you stopped alinia....

if there is immune control with hbsag in the range 500-1000iu/ml or less maybe nothing changes but in the higher ranges of hbsag we have seen from many people that hbsag rebounds to baseline levels

what use of etv+alinia?

prevent any reistance since alinia is active on all strains and makes no resistance, hopefully get hbsag low

suggestion: consider adding simvastatin too at 40mg dose, checking alt/ast monthly, if they rise stop

[ggtm]

Dear fellow friends, I need some advice from you guys.
I took Alinia for 10mths, but stopped completely for 1.5mths due to a very bad cough allergy that required me to take other types of medication. Plus I am still on baraclude...all the medications were too much for me to handle, considering I have to plan intervals between them and still take food with them etc. So I don't know why but I just decided to stop ALinia for that period. Now I'm well again, I'm not sure if I should continue Alinia or wait till I go for another blood test in early Sept and review my results? I read stef2011's comments above that we should never miss a dose or change dosage..and that really scard me. What should I do now? (by the way, there is no HBs-antigen quantitative testing in my country, so taking Alinia for me is really just another hope of curing HepB with faith!)

For some backgrd history, I am HBe-antigen neg, anti-HBe pos, undetected DNA, as of my last blood test. Any advice is greatly appreciated! tks a tonn...

[raja1972]

My alt was 44 on a scale of (0-33) 4/22 and then 84 4/30 on a scale of 0-40 AND ast is 41 on a scale of (0-40) on 4/22 and 42 on a scale of (0-40) on 4/30  but the tests were done in two different labs. But I don't understand why there is big difference in values in the span of 8 days.  I will be doing Fibroscan on saturday.

[raja1972]

I am going to coimbatore to do the test on saturday and will post the results. Thanks

[smile_boy]

in your case it is better to take fibroscan and confirm that whether you have any liver damage  before starting(relying) any treatments .

Fibroscan in Coimbatore
FIBROSCAN- VGM HOSPITAL, OPP. TO RAJALAKSHMI MILLS, SINGANALLUR,
COIMBATORE

it costs 2000 -4000 INR