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.
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.
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?
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.
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 was diagnosed Hep B 13 years ago, and have taken Epivir since 2002. 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.
Do I need treatment with this DNA level? Is this Hepsera the right drug for my situation? Why not Baraclude (Entevir) or Lamivudine (Epivir)? I need second opinion about this.
Thanks!!!
I have been taking EPIVIR HB 100mg because I have been diagnostic with Hepatitis B. Recently I had blood test for Hepatitis Be Antigen and Hepatitis Be Antibody. My results indicate the following Hepatitis Be Antigen nonreactive and Hepatitis Be Antibody reactive. What can I make of these results?
t remember, should I take the AZT with my Viread and Epivir for a more potent PEP regimen? Or is Viread and Epivir alone okay? I have no side effects from them.
Given that this is a gay sex club in NYC, an epicenter of the epidemic? Is it possible to forget having anal sex as a top? I am not a frequent visitor to sex clubs. I do have a phobia of "forgetting" anal sex when I'm drunk- though I've never forgotten it ever before.
I treated with hep b 14 years ago for 1.5 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 was wondering given the following conditions - 1) HBV is UND (<357/IU) 2) On Epivir for the last several years because after some surgery the doctors thought it was possible I had been exposed to HBV or got some tainted blood 3) previously had the HBV vaccine 15 years ago. 4) No signs of HBV.
I was given Epivir, Viread and Zidovudine.
People who have HIV that is resistant to the drug 3TC (Epivir) will almost certainly be resistant to emtricitabine as well. People with kidney problems should lower the dose.
Possible Side Effects:
Headaches
High blood pressure
A general sense of feeling ill-headache
Diarrhea
Nausea
Rash
Levels of lactic acid in the blood increase in some people taking nucleoside analog drugs.
Liver problems including "fatty liver" may also occur.
You should talk to your doctor about whether you are a good candidate for drug therapy or a clinical trial. Be sure that you understand the pros and cons of each treatment option.
Whether you decide to start treatment or not, it is very important to be seen by a liver specialist or doctor knowledgeable about hepatitis B on a regular basis.
You also shouldn’t take Truvada with drugs containing lamivudine, an HIV drug marketed under the brand name Epivir. If you’re HIV-negative, you’re most likely not taking these, but you should have the information. And if your partner is positive, no, you can’t trade drugs with each other — different ones are right for different people, and Truvada is the only one to date approved by government regulators for HIV prevention.
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.
Western medicine, take Baraclude as an example, is very exact and accurate in drug components and drug goal of controlling virus replication. It is also very clear in stating possible side-effects and toxicity on the label. By so doing the patient is responsible for all adverse consequences of taking the drug.
Layman Chinese medicine also doesn’t hesitate to use poison to attack poison.
• Lactic acidosis, which can be fatal, and severe liver problems have been reported in people taking nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), including Retrovir and Epivir, the two active drugs in Combivir. Contact your doctor immediately if you experience nausea, vomiting, or unusual or unexpected stomach discomfort; weakness and tiredness; shortness of breath; weakness in the arms and legs; yellowing of the skin or eyes; or pain in the upper stomach area.
My option is switch to baraclude until it develop resistance and give kidney to fully recover from surgery or use combo treatment of viread as primary drug and baraclude as supplemental drug and hope it will give more time to develop resistance.
And about fibroguard. Is it FDA apporved drug or supplemental health drug?
I am not sure my doctor will approve to use of fibroguard. I'll do some research to do. Thank you.
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