simvastatin combo with etv or tdf

[stef2011]

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T2H-4YJ4N4W-3&_user=10&_coverDate=03%2F06%2F2010&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1313510508&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=377ccc9e444d7053902156ff2a6a0b27

it would be interesting to see its action on hbsag and hbeag antigens instead of hbvdna only, it is active against many viruses and there is also research on some cancers

it is interesting that many research studies showed that cholesterol is needed for surface antigen production of many viruses like hbv, herpes, hiv and to see that drugs lowering cholesterol are active too

[stef2011]

this article suggests use of statins in general becasue low lipids are even mmore important on liver disease patients.liver injury is very very rare (less than 1,5%) and control by blood tests can even prevent these cases

http://www.springerlink.com/content/7121811214771242/

[stef2011]

sorry i think liver damage sides have little research to confirm it, it looks like sim improves liver function in cirrhosis by improving blood flow

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19208350

[stef2011]

well it is not difficult to see for us....nothing to do with super research, you take simvastatin and then check hbsag, but of course for research you must use better tools but for us even this tool is ok, we just need to see if it lowers it on us

sim is ok for people with very little liver damage like f1-f2 and it is better to check all liver parameters if trying it now because in rare cases there is muscle/liver damage

[bram44]

Seems there is HBsAg quantitative test (from your earlier post).

http://www.expert-reviews.com/doi/pdf/10.1586/eri.09.57

Can anyone throw some light on this test?  So far the tests I heard are HBsAg reactive or not, but did not know about "measuring" HBsAg in the body.

[bram44]

Current treatment methods work towards disrupting the number of virus copies.

However there is not clear understanding of the root(HBsAg) elimination.

May be someone with biology background could explain why we do not have tests to determine the quantity of HBsAg - similar to viral load.

Seems Surface antigens live on the surface of the cells.

This has a cool picture - for a non-biology people like my self :)

http://www.curehunter.com/public/keywordSummaryD000954.do