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My dad has Hepatitis B. He used Baraclude (entecavir) for 2 years and was previously tested negative. However, last week one of the tests came back positive and he was prescribed Viread 300 mg. The number jump from 1 mg to 300 mg is a bit scary and he woul...
Received 11 August 2011; revised 14 October 2011; Accepted 18 October 2011. Available online 9 November 2011.
Abstract
Background
Prolonged antiviral treatment results in selection and accumulation of resistant strains in quasispecies pool in hepatiti...
39, female, and just delivered my baby. I was advised to go on Viread while pregnant and I had major concerns about the side effects of Viread. Now Not pregnant and my hep doctor says that I can go on enteclavir since it does not have the kidney toxicity...
fist I am hbv, I eat entecavir 0.5mg everyday
I just want to konw, does entecavir extend hiv window period and how long ?
Hi Stef, Aduiski, Engr - Delacruz, Prasad 82 and others
Today I got HBv viral DNA quantitative (PART, Dr. Laal's Patholab) as 333 IU/ml after 2 months 10 days on entecavir 0.50mg.
Before the treatment the reading was 6250 iu /ml
HBsAg quantitat...
My husband is getting laid off and will lose his insurance. He has Hep. B and will have to go off Baraclude. I am very nervous for him. Has anyone had this experience of having to go off their medication for a period of time? What happened?
Entecavir (Baraclude) patent should have already expired in May 2010. It costs me HK$3,000 (US$400) a month in last 2 years. I expect the price to drop sharply after the patent expiry. But, it did not. Anyone has any idea ?
hi to all... i have a concern about hepatitis b.
has everyone know how to convert from hbeag reactive to nonreactive?...
is there a medicine/therapy ?
Anybody who is taking entecavir for a longer time now? kindly share any update of your health. I'm just starting the medication.
I've been taking Entecavir Baraclude for 10 months now and I can say that it is effective as it greatly decrease my viral load last May was 1,057 IU/ml or 6,152 copies/ml and my HBsag Quantification 3663. My SGPT is 16.
How do I know that I need to stop...