Pegasys hepatitis b
Common Questions and Answers about Pegasys hepatitis b
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http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-B/Add--on-of-peg-interferon-to-a-stable-nucleoside--hbsag-loss-40/show/1616137?personal_page_id=2249050
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-B/HBsAg-Level-Relationships-with-HBV-Replication-and-HBV-Genotypes/show/1699648?personal_page_id=2249050
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-B/very-good-explanation-of-hbsag-quant-in-iu-ml/show/1694751?personal_page_id=2249050
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-B/Abstracts-from-APASLD2012-/show/1686217?
Recent abstract of Replicor in EASL
Abstract 776
ESTABLISHMENT OF A POTENT ANTI-HBSAG RESPONSE AND DURABLE IMMUNOLOGICAL CONTROL OF VIREMIA WITH SHORT TERM IMMUNOTHERAPY AFTER REP 9AC'- INDUCED HBSAG SEROCLEARANCE IN CHRONIC HBV INFECTION
M. Al-Mahtab1, M. Bazinet2, A. Vaillant2*
1Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2REPLICor Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Montreal, Quebec – Friday , November 9th, 2012 – REPLICor is currently undertaking a proof of concept trial in patients with chronic hepatitis B (HBV) undergoing treatment with its nucleic acid polymer (NAP) REP 9AC’ in combination with Zadaxin™ or Pegasys™. The hepatitis B surface antigen protein (HBsAg) is produced in large excess by the HBV infection as subviral particles (SVPs) which act to block the immune response to HBV infection.
//www.medhelp.
I think a second opinion is a good move, and hopefully it is another liver specialist. You can visit the HBF website (www.hepb.org), they have a list of Hepatitis B specialists in the USA.
The main CNS effect of Interferon is depression. This is unlikely if you don't have a previous history of depression. It can be remedied by taking anti-depressant during treatment.
Generally, Interferon is more effective for Genotype A, then B, then C. You are most likely B or C.
The present study compared the efficacy of standard and extended durations of PEG-IFNα-2a monotherapy for treatment of HBeAg-negative Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B. Patients were randomized to receive standard therapy (n = 38; 48 weeks treatment) or extended therapy (n = 42; 72 weeks treatment).
- Infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and positive for the hepatitis B e antigen - Between the ages of 18 and 70 - Have not been previously treated with an interferon Exclusion Criteria: - Not infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis D virus (HDV) or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) - Do not have a serious liver, psychiatric, blood, thyroid, lung, heart or eye disease"
I wonder why only " HBV e antigen positive" patient? why not e antigen negative?
Hi. Basically the chances are about 50% that you will clear the virus. Depending on a number of factors in addition to genotype. See last section below.
(I'm genotype 1 on my 7th week of Peg/Copegus with compensated cirrhosis and a beginning viral load of 6.2 million. Infected by the virus as best I can tell 38 years ago).
I wish you well!
For more details see this portion of the doc "A Guide to Understanding Hepatitis C" from www.hcvadvocate.org.
I was infected with Hepatitis B 3 yrs ago....I went for ultra sound and they told me my liver was okay and my Viral load is 118350. LOW Positive 360-3260, High Positive 37350-147280. I'm HbeAg Negative and HBeAb Positive. My ALT is 47 and AST is 25 u/l. I was placed on Livolin and Vitamin B complex and later I was told to be taking a shot of pegasys once per week. After 3 Months, I was unable to get money for pegasys so I stopped. I'm only taken Livolin forte and vitamin B complex.
Stopping tenofovir disoproxil fumarate treatment after long-term virologic suppression is safe and associated with a more profound decline in hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) levels than continuous treatment in patients with hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-negative chronic hepatitis B (CHB) who have undetectable hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA, according to a study presented here at the International Liver Congress, the 50th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EAS
Does anyone can help me with an information about how can I receive this vaccine (they call it vacuna)? I have been diagnosticated 8 years ago with hepatitis b, I used pegasys interferon for 48 weeks 3 years ago and my last load (viremia) on april was 2350 multiplied by 3,4. I know is doesn t look much but I don t feel ok, sometimes I have chest pain, naussea and I feel like I don t have power in my body. Thank you very much for reading this!
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