 | ||
   | ||
Email
Glossary |
|
Baraclude May 28, 2005 Hi there: Tell me how Baraclude is better or worse then older treatments for someone with hep b. I was never on treatment before for hep b but my doctor is recommending this drug. |
||||||||
 |
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
 |
| Response from Dr. McGovern
 Baraclude is the name for entecavir, a new drug that is has been FDA approved for the treatment of hepatitis B infection. It has been approved in hepatitis B e antigen positive and negative disease. Entecavir is the most potent drug yet to come to market with very significant viral load declines. It is not much more effective in terms of converting e antigen positive disease to e antigen negative disease. It is well tolerated and has a good safety profile. We will learn more about this drug as time goes on but the large clinical trials suggest it is very effective for the treatment of hepatitis B. Dr. McGovern | ||||||||
 Get Email Notifications When This Forum Updates or Subscribe With RSS
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
Q&A TERMS OF USE
This forum is designed for educational purposes only, and experts are not rendering medical, mental health, legal or other professional advice or services. If you have or suspect you may have a medical, mental health, legal or other problem that requires advice, consult your own caregiver, attorney or other qualified professional.
Experts appearing on this page are independent and are solely responsible for editing and fact-checking their material. Neither TheBody.com nor any advertiser is the publisher or speaker of posted visitors' questions or the experts' material.
Review our complete terms of use and copyright notice.
