I looked up the website for Entecavir after your recommendation, and it appears it is a newer drug than Epivir, and the result is better in terms of resistance. Epivir, the the best of my knowledge, is Category C for women, which means to me that "not proven" on human, but proven safe on lab animals. So, since Entecavir is newer, what is the status of lab testing? Also Category C?
It is 72 hours post-exposure for me right now and I took the triple therapy that I have-- Epivir, Viread, and AZT. I took a dose of Epivir and Viread at 42 hours and then decided I was being paranoid he didn't use a condom [since I only have his word] but read your post and got nervous, so I took a dose of Epivir and Viread late by 6 hours. I started the AZT for the first time at about 72 hours.
Hi everyone,
I went to see my Dr today and he recommanded to change my medicine to Viread (I am on Epivir more than 2 years). I am wondering if it's necessary to change it now since Epivir works well with me (my DNA is 200 copies). But he was worried about resistance and mutation. Do I have to listen to him? I got Viread today but I am not sure I would start taking it from today.
-Natalie
p.s.: Do you guys drink coffee? I started drinking coffee about 4 months ago...
I do blood test and ultra-sound every 6 months and Hep B is controlled pretty well. As you know, Epivir cause virus mutant resistance, and chance is higher for me since I have been on it for 5 years. My doctor gave me 2 choices,
1) "don't fix it until it breaks" - continue with Epivir, move to combo treatment when mutant and resistance evidence shows up.
2) "precautious way" - take baraclude.
What is the better approach? Thanks
Here is my recent blood test result.
Just wondering, I had a liver transplant three years ago. They said the donor had a HBV antibody but they did not detect HBV. I decided to go ahead and go through with the the transplant. The doctors said 1 to 2% chance of HBV appearing. I had been vaccinated (the three shots) about 15 years earlier and so I have HBV antibodies.
After the transplant my doctors said I should go ahead and take Epivir just in case they'd missed something.
1 Does this mean I do not respond to Tyzeka?
2. Should I change to Ziread since it is approved.
3. I have experienced elbow pain, left arm, with Tzyeka.
4. Does changing drugs instead of stopping altogether cause flare up?
Previouusely I took EPIVIR for 7 years and Hepsera for one year.
Thank you.
5 years with epivir and got hbv e antibodies and afterwards, I stop epivir and every 6 months I check my liver function and alt and ast are persistently normal. I started to check hbv dna 6 months ago as new guidelines come out. Hbv dna at six month was 5000 iu/ml and last week I checked it was 8000 iu/ml. Again both times my alt and ast are normal. As a matter of fact they are in low side of normal. I talked to my doctor and he said that he will not treat until hbv dna is over 10000 iu/ml.
I was given Epivir, Viread and Zidovudine.
who is the crazy docotor who prescribed lamivudine/epivir, add tenofovir as soon as possible, lamivudine don t cure hbv and makes hbv mutations which can be untreatable and can make liver cancer even if hbvdna undetactable
do add tenofovir as soon as possible, you have just worsen your condition with lam, it is not indicated for hbv anymore, only tenofovir (viread) entecavir (baraclude) interferon are
to know if you are clearing you need hbsag quantitative in iu/ml and to know if you are saf
I was wondering what is the difference between 0.5 mg and 1mg in regards to resistance. Will 0.5 mg of entecavir cause resistance in patients who never have been on any nucs and no polymerase resistance detected vs 1mg. My doctor wants me to take 1mg vs 0.5 mg but I have been been on any nucs and show no resistance to any nucs during genotype testing.
However, I was prescribed Combivir and Epivir (only-not a third drug) for 28 days and during this time I had a cold with a sore throat and headache for almost the whole period up to a few days ago. It is now almost 7 weeks since I had the sexual encounter in Bangkok. After 30 days I had an HIV test and the result was negative. I am now going to have a test at 8 weeks. I am worried to death and I wonder if the PEP I was prescribed has been wrong or not sufficient.
In some people, tenofovir can increase creatinine and transaminases. These are enzymes related to the kidneys and liver. High levels can indicate damage to these organs.
Tenofovir can reduce bone mineral density (see fact sheet 557). Calcium or vitamin D supplements may be helpful. This is especially true for people with osteopenia or osteoporosis.
Levels of lactic acid in the blood (lactic acidosis, see Fact Sheet 556) increase in some people taking nucleoside analog drugs.
I went to a clinic and startednPEP (Zidovudine, Lamidovudine and Epivir), the nausea and vomiting has been really bad, also some diarrhea, but i am dealing with it. But today on day 17 of the Treatment I started running a low temperature, 37.5C / 99.6F, also i feel some enlarge nodes, that might have been there before, but not sure.
I am quite scared as the fever started sudden and with no other symptoms of illness.
t remember her name), has had her insurance terminated and is 3 months into treatment...she is a 1a with a 1/1 bx, so she has a really good chance of SVRing if she can keep going...her meds run out next Friday...I'm checking around to see if there's anyone out there who has leftover Peg or Ribavirin and would be willing to send it to her if she decides to keep txing...by the time her legal avenues work, it will be too late to continue...
In June 2008 I was tested positive to hepatitis B and was on EPIVIR Lamivudine 150mg for six months and I quit taking meds and took my mind of meds but to stay healthy by eating and drinking healthy.
Fast forward to June 2014, I went ahead for a medical checkup and below is the result:
HEPATITIS B: POSITIVE
HCV: NON-REACTIVE
HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY (Anti-HBs), SERUM (CMIA): 0.00
S.G.O.T.(AST) is 39
S.G.P.T.(ALT) is 21
Alk Phosphate is 162.3
Total Bilirubin is 0.8
Direct Bilirubin is 0.
I learned that I had chronic Hep B about 14 years ago. My last DNA test (about 4 months ago) said that the viris was undetectable. I'm still on Epivir.
I have three questions:
1. Being undetectable, should I reveal that I have HEP B to a potential sex partner?
2. If so, at what level of activity should I reveal that I have HEP B-- for kissing, or oral sex, or intercourse?
3. What are the chances of my really passing the viris to someone if I am undetectable?
Thanks for your help.
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