I had previously seen a patient with hepatitis B who had been taking entecavir for 8 years, but now he still has cirrhosis and hypersplenism. After communicating with him, it was found that this patient had two very serious mistakes in the process of **.
Mistake 1: Stopping the drug without authorization.
The first mistake was that he stopped taking the drug without permission. Because it was inconvenient to travel in the workplace, the patient did not come to pick up the medicine, so he stopped the medicine himself.
Mistake 2: Medication is not standardized.
The second mistake is not to take the medicine regularly on an empty stomach, thinking that it is enough to take only one entecavir a day. In fact, I have emphasized many times that during the antiviral period of hepatitis B, you cannot stop the drug without authorization, and you need to fasting for 2 hours before and after taking entecavir, which is to ensure that the blood concentration of entecavir remains stable and achieve the best effect.
And because of the non-standard use of these two drugs, it is a pity that the disease develops to liver cirrhosis. Therefore, I would like to emphasize again that you need to have an empty stomach for 2 hours before and after taking entecavir, and it is best to take it before going to bed, and do not take supper after taking the medicine. If you can't guarantee the standardized time to take the medicine in the process of liver disease, then you can change the medicine under the guidance of the doctor. However, it is important not to stop taking the drug without permission.