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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends pregnant women be offered "tenofovir disoproxil to women with HBV DNA greater than 10^7 IU/ml in the third trimester to reduce the risk of transmission of HBV to the baby" [1]


Lactic acidosis and severe hepatomegaly with steatosis, including fatal cases, have been reported with the use of nucleoside analogues alone or in combination with antiretrovirals  Severe acute exacerbations of hepatitis B have been reported in patients who have discontinued anti-hepatitis B therapy.


Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, TDF; Viread®
Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate is a pro-drug, fumaric acid salt form of tenofovir. Tenofovir is a nucleotide analog HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitor and an HBV reverse transcriptase inhibitor. M.W. 635.5

  • Chronic hepatitis B in adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older (35 kg or more):

300 mg once daily taken orally without regard to food.



Adjust dose in patients with renal impairment

(150, 200, 250 and 300 mg tablets, 40 mg per 1 g of oral powder)

Breastfeeding

Viread package insert. Gilead Sciences, Inc. 6/2015 http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=33fd6418-fbdc-42ca-a50d-ce2a476a5418 Accessed 11/8/2015
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Lamivudine (3TC)
Synthetic nucleoside analogue. Hepatitis B Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor. M.W. 229.3

  • Treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection associated with evidence of hepatitis B viral replication and active liver .

    100 mg once daily taken orally

Adjust dose in patients with renal impairment

(100 mg ,  bottles of 60 tablets)

Breastfeeding

REFERENCES
Lamivudine Tablets (HBV) Apotex Corp.12/2013 http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=87095352-c088-74b1-7be0-d3e293a90611. Accessed 12/18/2015

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Telbivudine (LdT)
Hepatitis B Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor. M.W. 242.2

  • Treatment of chronic hepatitis B in adult patients with evidence of viral replication and either evidence of persistent elevations in serum aminotransferases (ALT or AST) or histologically active disease.

    Adults and Adolescents (16 years of age and older)
    600 mg once daily taken orally with or without food

Adjust dose in patients with renal impairment

(600 mg tablets, oral solution contains 100 mg of telbivudine per 5 milliliters.)

Tyzek package insert Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation 1/2013. http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=0664309d-1342-4a63-ba5f-4b899cdf3bec Accessed 12/18/2015
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