Viread vs baraclude
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ve started with Hepsera, there is no need to change. He felt that the resisitance rate for Hepsera (vs. Viread and Baraclude) is overstated; many patients develop no resistance at all, and the resistance rate, while higher than those for Viread/Baraclude, is not that much higher. Plus, if you do develop resistance, that's when you should start taking Viread (as mono or combo, he didn't say). And Viread is very effective in stopping Hepsera resistance.
Because Baraclude has its own headaches, e.g. the Chinese HBV site often mentions concerns about Baraclude relating to cancer.
Hi Stephen, I'm currently not on meds now. I wanted to wait until I delivered baby and now off other drugs (not antivirals) that I had to go on post delivery -- I wanted to minimize the potential risk of interaction between them all. Now, I'm not on other drugs but since I had very high anxiety about Viread and its potential kidney toxicity, my hep doc says that I should go on baraclude since it has no kidney toxicity concern. He says it's very safe to take.
Is switching from Baraclude to Hepsera a valid treatment option, then? Shouldn't Viread have been tried next?
Would the medications you mentioned (baraclude, truvada and viread) be taken in ADDITION to the Hepsera (once the Hbig is discontinued)? Why isn't the Hepsera adequate enough?
Thank you in advance.
In switching to Baraclude 0.5mg, she is supposed to take Baraclude every other day while still taking Viread everyday for 3 weeks. After that, she'll switch completely to Baraclude. No more Viread. Is this transitioning from Viread to Baraclude typical? On alternate days, she'll be taking full doses of both Viread and Baraclude. Is this not toixc? I understand that some people do combination therapy with the two drugs at full doses simultaneously.
Also, is 300mg per day for Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (Viread) and 1mg per day for Entecavir (Baraclude) the right dose for someone on antiviral therapy? My aunt only weighs around 90 lbs. so she she usually takes less than usual. But I'm assuming getting the largest pill available and perhaps using a pill splitter will save her money.
Hello! I’ve been taking Baraclude for seven months and, according to my doctor, will keep on taking this medicine indefinitely. The drugstore where I buy it every month, however, told me they have run out of it and are supposed to receive new boxes next week, but I only have pills until Thursday. If they don’t receive it, can I change it to Viread just for one month, and then back again to Baraclude?
My question is that are these generics equally potent as their branded counterparts i.e. Baraclude and Viread.?I heard that the colour of Viread is blue whereas the generic version Tenohep which i use is white....are they same or something is different?Due to monetary constraints most of us can't afford to go for the branded versions.....
One other note is that it appears Baraclude is approved in Japan, while Viread is not. Both antivirals are approved in Taiwan. As Asian countries have higher rates of Hepatitis B, I thought it'd be interesting to see what they were using.
I'm still undecided at this point. A combination of both would seem to be a "diversified choice," but I think I read that stef also had creatine levels spike upon combining them.
tenofovir (viread) is much stronger than baraclude and has 0 resistance but have some mild sides in 1% cases of kidney toxicity and bone demineralization.seroconvertion on tenofovir is similar to interferon and in case of past use of lam with resistance or adefovir with no resistance is the best safe choice.
baraclude (entecavir) has 1.2% of resistance and on animal models causes cancer at doses 40 times higher than those in humans.
drugs that can cure hbv are interferon, it acts on immune system and 11 to 30% patients clear hbv after the therapy in the following off therapy 5-10years
a way to increase this percentage of response is to use the most potent antiviral on hbv first, which is not baraclude, it is viread, then add on interferon after a few years being on viread.
My doctor recommended to take Baraclude 0.5 mg. After taking it for 2 months, my HBV DNA is now undetectable, both ALT and AST are still 37, hbeag still negative. I also just checked hbsAg level which is 400 iu/ml. I didn't know the hbsAg level at baseline however.
Given this data, what do you think I should do ? Will I ever be totally healed from Hep B virus ? Should I continue Baraclude indefinitely , considering my hbeag is negative.... or should I mix interferon?
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