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cost of interferon?

Dear friends,
I am posting my question again.
My brother has been tested positive for HBV. The doctors claim that it is in acute stage and there is 95% chance that he will recover fully in 1 or 2 months.
But if he does not recover within that time then he must be given interferon injection.
CAN ANYONE GIVE ME AN IDEA HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO HAVE A FULL COURSE OF INTERFERON?
If anybody has an idea about the cost with respect to india, that would be more helpful.
His bilirubin count has now dropped to 5.9 on 17 jan from 17.4 on 27th dec. but his SGPT is elevated very high. it is 138 on the same date.
He has also got a swelling on liver.
Does it indicate cirhosis?
One more thing, what kind of diet is advised at this stage?
And what precautions he must take to avoid any further damage of liver? He does not smoke, never drinks.
Thanks in advance.
BK Barnwal
IIT Kanpur
India
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iti is not true he must go for interferon especially if he has acute hepatitis, not all hepatitis need treatment and not always interferon is a good therapy.most recover without the need of any therapy immune system is strong enough to clear infection or keep it inactive

i'd never go for herbal therapy especially through a website without any medical research and without any compound shown, sorry but looks like pure spam
the only herbal compounds that have been studied because they have a little effect on antigens, and no effect to clear hbv, are phillantus, also some effect on hbvdna

but since we have so many therapies on hbv there s no need to go for herbal unstudied unproven threapies

drugs are: interferon ,tenofovir, entecavir.tenofovir is the most potent according to the case and indian cheap generic is tenvir
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Pegasys (peginterferon) costs about INR 614,900 for the full course. An acute infection does not cause cirrhosis: that develops only in chronic infections.

Diet? In general, be liver-friendly. You already covered smoking and alcohol. Coffee is beneficial to the liver.
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