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Treatment for chronic hepatitis B may include: Antiviral medications. Several antiviral medications — including entecavir (Baraclude), tenofovir (Viread), lamivudine (Epivir), adefovir (Hepsera) and telbivudine (Tyzeka) — can help fight the virus and slow its ability to damage your liver.
Can I Loss HBsAg with antivirals?
And reducing liver damage and even clearing the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg): About 1-3 percent of patients treated with antivirals lose HBsAg after years of treatment.
How much does interferon cost?
Results: The total cost of the IFN treatment regimen was estimated to range between US$1,120 and US$1,962. The total cost of the Peg-IFN treatment regimen was between US$2,156 and US$5,887.
Is hepatitis B vaccine expensive?
In the hypothetical 50-million population country, a plasma-derived hepatitis B vaccine could be manufactured and made available at a price of approximately US$0.50 per dose packed in 10-dose vials if approximately 4 million doses per year are procured.
Current guidelines recommend initiating antiviral therapy in HBeAg-positive patients who have ALT levels ≥2 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) and HBV DNA levels ≥20,000 IU/ml.
What is the cost of entecavir?
ENTECAVIR is an antiviral medicine. It is used to treat chronic hepatitis B. This medicine will not cure or prevent hepatitis B infection. The lowest GoodRx price for the most common version of entecavir is around $32.70, 97\% off the average retail price of $1,179.66.
Anyone who stops taking antivirals, they advise, should be monitored frequently – at least every three months — for at least one year for liver damage and resurgence of viral load. Anyone with cirrhosis should continue treatment indefinitely because of their high risk of liver cancer.