Stopping antival treatment and start natural/herbal remedies

[bram44]

Anyone tried to stop antivirals (any reason side effects, fear of side effects, cost or preference to natural remedies) and proceeded with natural remedies ?

I am thinking of stopping treatment due to personal preference (have been on VIREAD for 4 months now) and want to hear from people who tried and how they feel now.

[cajim]

Here is a patient's report on how she stopped taking lamivudine (Epivir-HBV), in Chinese:

http://www.hbvhbv.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=865380&extra=page%3D1&page=1

Hope it helps.

[cajim]

I know one fellow patient who was treated in the Western hospitals without cure and then was treated with the non-western treatment and was cured.  Below is his case summary in English:  He got his HBsAg(+) anti-HBs(-) HBeAg(-) anti-HBe (+) DNA *log4 abnormal ALT and AST (that caused him to be hospitalized 3 or 4 time) to HBsAg(-) anti-HBs(+) and needless to say UND DNA!

1.  When a 4th grade student in elementary school, he was hospitalized for symptoms very similar to those of an HBVer (nauseation, discomfort in abdominal area, loathing grease food);

2.  1990 during college admission physical, tested HBsAg positive;

3.  2001 abnormal liver function, no treatment;

4.  2002 hepatitis outbreak, fatigue, abnormal liver function test results, HBeAg(-), HBeAB(+), tried some Chinese herbs, ineffective, added interleukin, still ineffective;

5.  Nov 2002, hospitalized for 2 months, liver function normal at discharge;

6.  2003 abnormal liver function again, again hospitalized for Chinese herbal and physical treatments;

7.  2004 abnormal liver function again, again hospitalized for over 2 months for some Chinese medicine (肝炎灵) injection treatment, which continued after discharge;

8.  2005 abnormal liver function again, again hospitalized for 46 days for IFN treatment which continued after discharge at one injection every other day;

9.  In the above 4 years, patient tried Chinese and Western treatments and spent over 70000 Chinese Yuan, yet the repeated flares made patient without confidence and family members in great suffering.

10.  On Feb, 14 2006, when he read about Court Doctor Liu's treatment, abnormal liver function again, HBV DNA positive, he started using Liu's treatment and stopped all other medications; on April 4, 2006, DNA became negative and liver function results became normal, felt good, felt energetic, afterwards one test every several months, liver function results remained normal, never had the need to go to hospital again, on July 26, 2008, test results showed HBsAG(-) HBsAB(+) HBeAG(-) HBeAB(+) HBcAB(+) HBcAB-IgM (-), patient cured!

Here is his detailed history in Chinese:  http://jk365.5d6d.com/thread-13-1-1.html

He uses the forum name 真牛 there with which he can be directly contacted.

Hope this helps.