Side effects of entecavir

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I am a carrier of hepatitis B virus. Four years ago, I used interferon for more than 20 days. The side effect was hair loss. The nightmare began. My hair was very thick. When I used interferon, my hair kept falling off. After stopping interferon, I began to take entecavir all the time. So, what are the side effects of entecavir?

Side effects of entecavir

First: the most common adverse reactions of this product are: elevated ALT, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, abdominal pain, abdominal discomfort, upper abdominal ventilation, liver discomfort, muscle ventilation, insomnia and rubella. Most of these adverse reactions were mild to moderate. In the control trial with lamivudine, the incidence of adverse events was similar to that of lamivudine.

Second: this drug is an antiviral drug that can treat hepatitis B. Its side effects can cause headache, nausea and vomiting, fatigue, drowsiness, and many other side effects. The treatment of hepatitis B with this drug needs to be under the guidance of local doctors.

Third: entecavir can only inhibit the replication of the virus, long-term use of the virus will also appear mutation resistance, not long-term use. For your situation, you can do the virus mutation and drug resistance test before treatment, make clear the current condition, and use effective antiviral treatment for treatment.

Fourth: the instructions of entecavir mentioned that there may be headache, nausea and other side effects, but in our clinical application, there are few obvious side effects. The antiviral effect of entecavir is better than that of adefovir dipivoxil.

Fifth: entecavir belongs to nucleotide drugs, which has obvious antiviral effect, but also has side effects, mainly including headache, fatigue, dizziness and nausea after taking medicine for a period of time.

Sixth: Patients with long-term use of hepatitis B virus resistance, affect the effective treatment of hepatitis B, the situation is more serious, such as acidosis, hepatomegaly, liver steatosis, etc., after stopping the drug will also appear rebound phenomenon.

matters needing attention

Entecavir drugs must be used under the guidance of an experienced doctor, and the patient should inform the doctor of any new symptoms and drug combination at any time.