hbv and alinia=very very good news

[stef2011]

good article about first hbv patients trying alinia over one year in mono tx and 1 patient in combo with adefovir

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2670405/

mono-tx with the highest hbe and hbsag loss, no resistance, no sides.i think we should start to use it very soon in combo with antivirals since it looks the best medicine for hbv by far.
at the moment we don't have a tx with no sides and no resistance which leads to hbsag loss in a very high percentage and according to this article it is synergistic with nucs and interferon

alinia is already on the market FDA-approved treatment for Cryptosporidium

[April9903]

Here is something interesting about Alinia

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/Alinia-Nitazoxanide-Sources/show/1124364

[stef2011]

it shouldn't be dangerous to stop since it doesn't have any resistance but i would wait further trials especially about combos which will give high hbsab seroconvertion rates

i am also very anxious to see combo with strong antivirals like tenofovir and ftc.
adefovir is very very weak and it is a pity they tried such a weak antiviral (although it is very good to know that seroconvertion happened even with weak antiviral)

[April9903]

I am also very interested to try this medicine instead of the herbal tea I am trying right now.
As far as I understand, this "Alinia" can start and stop any time without any danger, am I right?

[stef2011]

here is a link to the article published on World Journal of Gastroenterology 2009 April 21

http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/15/1805.pdf

as soon as i know if my liver damage is lower than f4 (this should be between june and october of this year) and that alinia doesn't interfere with entecavir (only adefovir was tried directly on a patient by now) i will also try this, the minimum we can get from this medicine is to stop resistant strains if any tries to develop.

this medicine has been developed between 1947-1967 for the use against gastrointestinal infections so the use is not dangerous at all (references on the end of articles)

[bberry]

wow

i have an appointment early feb so i am gonna print and take this to my doc.. lets see what he says

[stef2011]

it would be good to hear feed back from hcv foum users who already use alinia and HR, who is probably experienced on this
off label use should be safe since alinia is like interferon and resistance cannot happen and there are no sides or very mild

sides:
In general, side effects have been mild and transient in nature. The most frequent side effects have included abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and headache, and the rates of occurrence were not significantly different from placebo.