X-Vir 1mg (Entecavir)

Dosage and Administration:

• X-Vir (Entecavir) is administered orally.
• It comes as either 0.5mg or 1mg strength tablets.
• Your physician will be responsible for deciding the right dosage.
• Adults treating hepatitis B who are deemed to be nucleoside therapy naive may be directed to take 0.5mg once per day.
• However, some patients may be directed to take 1mg per day (usually in cases of mutations of the virus that are resistance to lamivudine or otherwise difficult to treat).
• Patients must strictly comply with the instructions given by their physician.

Precautions:

• Serious conditions including hepatomegaly and lactic acidosis are known to have occurred in some patients treated with X-Vir (Entecavir) for their condition.
• Discuss this with your physician before starting therapy.
• This medication will not cure the infection, and you will need continuous medical treatment in order to manage your condition