Viread dosage
Common Questions and Answers about Viread dosage
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Renal impairment, including cases of acute renal failure and Fanconi syndrome (renal tubular injury with severe hypophosphatemia), has been reported with the use of VIREAD [See ADVERSE REACTIONS].
It is recommended that creatinine clearance be calculated in all patients prior to initiating therapy and as clinically appropriate during therapy with VIREAD. Routine monitoring of calculated creatinine clearance and serum phosphorus should be performed in patients at risk for renal impairment.
Also, how do they decide if you should be on viread tablets or on the injection (peginterferon)? If your on viread do you have to take it for life? And if you take the peginterferon injection then after one year if hbv dna is undetected can you stop taking all medication?
Finally, is the coast of viread tabs close to a 1000dollars a month? Thats damn expensive.
There are no data to recommend use of VIREAD tablets 150, 200 or 250 mg or VIREAD oral powder in patients with renal impairment.
No dose adjustment of VIREAD tablets 300 mg is necessary for patients with mild renal impairment (creatinine clearance 50–80 mL/min). Routine monitoring of calculated creatinine clearance and serum phosphorus should be performed in patients with mild renal impairment [See Warnings and Precautions (5.3)].
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Hello,
I don't know where you get your info. Section 2.1 of manufacturer's printed information leaflet from inside pack says "The dose is one 300 mg Viread tablet once daily taken orally, without regard to food". I started taking Viread last night.
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 would like advice or feedback on this new medication before starting. Has anyone used this before? Anything we should be aware of?
Yes, her GFR got worse and she was told to take 1 ADV (10mg) every 3 days for I believe most of her 1.7Y. She originally started at 1/day. More recently, she took 1 ADV every 5 days because of kidney trouble; that's when her virus count jumped back to 3,000 iu/mL, probably due to this weak dosage. So it's probably due to this weak dosage rather than any resistance at this point, don't you think?
hi! i was also prescribed ng viread ng doctor ko. same reaction din sa akin. i changed my diet and took some supplement for my liver and so far as of last test ko nun october bumaba na lahat. close monitoring din with my doc.
a little higher than normal(lower than 80), the new normal alt level is 19 for women from 2009, 80 is by far abnormal
active DNA detected
why did you stop viread without any knowledge of your drug and illness, viread is safe for the baby, restart it immediately also to protect baby from hbv
there are other pregnant women taking viread here and since viread is also used on hiv the number of babies borne while taking viread is very very high and no problems at all
restart viread as soon as poss
The active drug for HBV is Viread and I think the FDA recently approved the new HIV cocktail with TAF, which is still Viread but a lower dosage that has less toxicity. With HBV, you still need to monitor your liver by ultrasound or better yet Fibroscan about every 6 months. There is at this point no cure for either, but with medication HIV shouldn't shorten your life and with monitoring HBV you should catch anything early.
just try intf+viread and see if hbsag lowers, viread mono will not work on hbsag but intf+viread has high percentages of response
No don't stop viread and wait for a couple of month till taf arrives completely in market and then switch to it as is renosafe. Stopping viread will flush ur 8 years of virus control and chances to lose hbsag in future may go in vane.
yhi i'm on combo viread + interferon i'm 27 yo and still eag+..
i actually forgot to mention that initially (before viread), he was on entecavir in the morning. but then later viread was added in the evening. i think once he is discharged, they will stick with just viread only. so far, this is my understanding.
the doctors provided some level of reassurance, by saying that his liver enzymes did rise high, and peak (which is what they said they wanted), and is now on its way back down. would this be a reason to stop drug therapy?
you should take viread+interferon like other members in the forum, chances to clear hbv once and for all are 24% at 48 weeks.
I also started on Viread in March 2011. Before taking Viread i had absolutely no symptoms. Upon resuming viread i started experiencing the same symptoms as you have. I checked out the viread site to see if these symptoms were normal and from what i read they seemed to be quite usual and covered in the broad range of possible symptoms experienced by patients while taking viread.
However i would like to hear any contrary opinions if anyone has any.
1. Should I take VIREAD immediately as suggested by my primary care doctor? And why?
2. Will VIREAD change my life style, i.e. make me exercise less, no more hiking / skiing trip?
3. Am I correct that I will take VIREAD for life?
4. When will VIREAD develop resistance? Any known data / study on this?
5. What is the life expectancy can I expect?
Thank you again for sharing your information.
God Bless.
On the other hand, it is generally considered safe for mothers on Viread to breakfeed - concentration of Viread in breast milk is minimal and experiences from HIV mothers on Viread indicated no significant side effects on baby. So it may be an option to delay switching until breastfeeding is over.
Just my understanding.
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