Deciding when to start treatment

[ThomasTu]

Dear @Anni2,

As mentioned in other threads, TDF is the recommended treatment during pregnancy and is not linked to birth defects.

Stop taking- Entecavir

Hi @sadia, Welcome to the forum and sorry to hear about the stress you’ve been under about your diagnosis. It is good that you are seeing a doctor about it though and it got caught before too much liver damage had occurred. Regarding your question, you need to talk to your doctor before changing anything about how you take your medications. However, tenofovir is considered safe and is the recommended antiviral for those who are pregnant (e.g. see the guidelines from the Gastroenterological Soc…

Stop taking- Entecavir

Hi @sadia, Multiple studies have shown that there is no increased risk to the safety of mother or child when taking tenofovir early in pregnancy: Also, F1 fibrosis is generally considered to be reversible. Hope this helps, Thomas

Hope this helps,
Thomas