{"id":17255,"date":"2021-06-18T13:29:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T13:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=17255"},"modified":"2021-06-18T13:31:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T13:31:12","slug":"can-i-switch-to-biktarvy-if-i-have-hepb-coinfection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/17255","title":{"rendered":"Can I switch to Biktarvy if I have HepB coinfection?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for letting us post the answer online.<\/p>\n<p>Without your detailed medical history we can only talk in general terms. However. your doctor seems to be giving you good information by suggesting the change.<\/p>\n<p>If you are concerned about hepatitis B coinfection (HBV), then both combinations include similar treatment for HBV.<\/p>\n<p>More info on Biktarvy, including links for further information is at this link:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/13752\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/13752<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This combination include three HIV drugs in a single small pill that has few side effects.<\/p>\n<p>Also, your current combination includes three drugs that are not normally used together. This is another good reason it might be good to change.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/10127\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/10127<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>best wishes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a HIV-Hepatitis B co-infection patient. I have been taking Sustiva, Viread, Lamivudine, and Abacavir for 20 years.  My CD4 averages 250 for all twenty years. My viral load undetectable. <\/p>\n<p>My doctor suggests switching from this regimen to Biktarvy. I see warnings about taking Biktarvy with Hepatitis B infection. <\/p>\n<p>Should I be concerned?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-changing-treatment","category-complications-and-coinfections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}