HBV Treatment

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New HBV Treatments

I seem to remember reading on a HBV website about 6 months ago that there was a new emerging treatment for HBV that would bring the cure rate from 3% to 30%. Do you know anything about this?Also, my last HBV viral load was 100 and I seem to be...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

I don't use the word "cure" with hepatitis B since it is integrated into the host genome. I think it sounds like you are doing extremely well on Truvada, which is combination therapy for hepatitis B. Viral suppression is what you want... Read more »

hbv treatment

hi doc.i am chronic hbv petient my dna level is very high 3,700.000 my liver function are normal... Read more »

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D. »

Hepsera for HBV Treatment

Hello, How long is Hepsera used for in the treatment of HBV? I have heard both one and two years.... Read more »

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Articles

International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Treatment of Chronic HBV in HIV-Coinfected Patients

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HIV share similar routes of transmission. As a consequence, up to 80 percent of HIV-infected patients have serological markers of present or past HBV infection. The prevalence of HIV-infected persons carrying hepatitis B... Read more »

Rate of OIs and Death Significantly Higher in HIV/HBV- or HIV/HCV-Coinfected Patients

The SMART (the Strategic Management of Antiretroviral Therapy) study may have been one of the most important studies of 2006. 1 Initiated by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research... Read more »

Hepatitis B Treatment for HIV-Positive People

Hepatitis B (HBV) is a virus that can cause liver disease. People co-infected with HIV and HBV have higher HBV viral loads (amount of HBV in the blood) and are at increased risk for liver disease and death. Liver damage from HBV can also make it... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Hepatitis B Virus and HIV Co-infection: Results of a Survey on Treatment Practices and Recommendations for Therapy

"The management of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection is challenged by the selection of patients for therapy, options for antiviral medication, and inconsistency in published treatment guidelines," explained... Read more »

Connect With Others

Co-infection HIV-HBV chronic

Posted by MPL1160

I am looking to connect with other coinfected with HBV chronic and share experience and info. I am in the NY metropolitan area but not necessarily looking for people in the same area. Anyone interested can either thread or email me direct at... Read more »

HBV Vaccine What can I expect?

Posted by ConcernBlkMan, 2 Replies

First timer here! Just wanted to know what can I expect when taking the HBV Vaccine. I'm about to start next month. I would like to hear, what can I expect? Are there any side effect and how was your T-cell response to this vaccine? Any info you... Read more »

Multi-infections of HBV, HCV, HIV+

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

This sounds like science fiction, but.....
I have infected with HBV for around 20 years or so. The same applies to Hiv+. HCV occured about 16 years ago. I have no trouble with either of the HCV or HBV after initial liver enzyme elevation and... Read more »

Pegasys for HBV

Posted by shannon, 2 Replies

Hey ya'll!
My friend, David, is going to start Pegasys to treat his Hep B this week. I have read some scary stuff about the side effects.
has anyone got any experience to share or any advice about handling it?
Thanks,
Shannon Read more »

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