When to stop treatment

[ThomasTu]

Dear @Grithcel13,

The EASL advice mentions you should be HBsAg-negative before it is safe to stop antivirals. If only your viral load (HBV DNA) is undetectable, then you may talk to your liver specialist about stopping antivirals. It’s important you are under very close monitoring during this time as some people can get relapse of the infection and experience severe liver disease.

I want to emphasise the following from previous posts:

Stop taking- Entecavir

Hi @Karin, Yes, there have been a few studies to see if this is possible for people who have taken antivirals for many years. However, there are a few people for whom this is very dangerous and it can lead to severe liver damage because the virus comes back so quickly. It is very important to do this with very close monitoring from your doctor. I just want to stress how important it is for people not to stop antiviral medications on their own without their doctor’s advice. Thomas

Hope this helps,
Thomas