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Suggest Treatment For Hepatitis-B Infection

sir,i am 32,and suffering from heptitis-b (detect on 12/12/2009) and after treatment get negative on april-2010. in hb dna test.with doctor advise i am taking medicine (sebvio-600)since 12/12/2009 till today and doctor advise me that you should stop the medicine after six month of get negative of HEP-B. pls advise ME WHAT SHOULD I DO.
Mon, 4 Sep 2017
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Hello,
Thank you for using HCM.
The apropriate time of cessation of hepatitis B treatment with nucleos ( t) ide reverse transcriptase inhibitors ( Sebvio - Telbivudine), depend on which type of Hepatitis B are you affected. There are two types of hepatitis B, HBeAg positive and HBeAg negative hepatitis.
In case you were affected by HbeAg positive hepatitis, it would be ideal that beside the undetectable serum level value of HBV - DNA, wolud be reached the seroconversion into HBeAg neg and than after 6 -12 months you should have stopped the treatment safely.
In case you were affected by HBeAg negative hepatitis, the treatment should be safely stoped after at least 2 years with the HBV - DNA remaining undetectable on three separate occasions 6 month apart.
Hope this may be helpfull for you.
Please feel free to contact me for any further information.
Thank you,
Dr. Juarda
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Suggest Treatment For Hepatitis-B Infection

Hello, Thank you for using HCM. The apropriate time of cessation of hepatitis B treatment with nucleos ( t) ide reverse transcriptase inhibitors ( Sebvio - Telbivudine), depend on which type of Hepatitis B are you affected. There are two types of hepatitis B, HBeAg positive and HBeAg negative hepatitis. In case you were affected by HbeAg positive hepatitis, it would be ideal that beside the undetectable serum level value of HBV - DNA, wolud be reached the seroconversion into HBeAg neg and than after 6 -12 months you should have stopped the treatment safely. In case you were affected by HBeAg negative hepatitis, the treatment should be safely stoped after at least 2 years with the HBV - DNA remaining undetectable on three separate occasions 6 month apart. Hope this may be helpfull for you. Please feel free to contact me for any further information. Thank you, Dr. Juarda