Telbivudine
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Telbivudine
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The FDA approved telbivudine in September 2000. it is used for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B in adults. In patients with active disease, it prevents the hepatitis virus from replicating. The hepatitis B virus uses an enzyme called reverse transcriptase to make DNA and replicate. Telbivudine is an antiretroviral drug. It binds to reverse transcriptase and is incorporated into the DNA strand that the enzyme is making. This process stops the enzyme from extending the length of the DNA strand, and thereby prevents the viruses from replicating
Indications
Telbivudine is primarily indicated in conditions like Hepatitis B.
Contraindication
Telbivudine is contraindicated in conditions like Myopathy.
Side Effects
The symptomatic adverse reactions produced by Telbivudine are more or less tolerable and if they become severe, they can be treated symptomatically, these include Headache, Fatigue, Abdominal pain, Malaise, Cough, Elevation of CPK, Respiratory tract infections, Nasopharyngitis.
Warnings
Severe worsening of hepatitis B symptoms have been reported in patients who discontinued anti-hepatitis B therapy. Some cases of muscle injury (aches, weakness, and biochemical markers of cell damage) have been reported with telbivudine use several weeks to months after starting therapy. Telbivudine is eliminated primarily by the kidneys. Therefore, doses are often adjusted in people with kidney impairment. Telbivudine does not prevent the transmission of the virus from one person to another.
High Risk Groups
Drug should not be given to Paediatrics, Pregnant Mothers, and Neonates.If prescribing authority justifies the benefits of the drug against the possible damages he/she should reevaluate them and consult the reference material and previous studies.
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