A 40-year-old member asked:
is lamivudine the best medication for hepatitis b?
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Dr. Edward Goldberg answered
Specializes in Gastroenterology
No: Lmivudine is one of the earlier medications released for treating both HIV and hepatitis b but it is no longer considered adequate therapy for hepatitis b due to the risk of viral mutation leading to resistance to the medication within the first year or two of treatment. A much better choice would be tenofavir aka viread, (tenofovir) which has a much longer life-span comparatively.
Answered on Jun 10, 2014
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