viread vs baraclude

[bigmoviebuff]

my doctor perscribed baraclude for me to treat my chronic hep b.
i googled it and found you need to take it on an empty stomach 2 hours before or after you eat.
seems pretty incovenient since i will taking it for the rest of my life.
Is there any reason why he would choose this over viread?
Should i ask him to switch me to viread?

[bigmoviebuff]

my last test was last year
ALT 94
AST 80
ultrasound was normal
no viral count was done.
doctor says i have a slight inflammation of liver.

took another test last week.
don't have the results yet.
does it make sense to start with the weaker baraclude first and if it doesn't work then switch to viread?

[veteranB]

Well you can try Tenofovir and see how you tolerate it. It supposed to be slightly better then Entecavir - meaning more potent. If you have issues with TDF (Viread) then stop and try Baraclude.

They are very comparable group of drugs. With Entecavir yes it is better to take it on an empty stomach.

What I do with Baraclude is I take it at night 4 -5 hours after a meal, and then I eat 8 hours after. I find it best to keep me functional.

p.s. you don't mention about your labs btw. If you have healthy liver and you are young, you are better off with interferon trying to clear HBV.. NUCS should really be used as a last resort drugs to maintain people in advanced stages of liver disease or in a combo treatment.. sequential or in combination with immune modulators like interferon on zadaxin.