Multaq Warning Contact Page 1-800-611-7080   Multaq Warning : Individuals with chronic hepatitis B infection, especially those with cirrhosis, are at increased risk for development of hepatocellular carci­noma (primary liver cancer), as in Case 5. As noted previously, while relatively rare in the United States, hepatocellular carcinoma is the num­ber one or number two cause of cancer death [...]

Multaq Warning Contact Page 1-800-611-7080   Multaq Warning : What are the goals of therapy for chronic hepatitis B? The primary goal is to change the infection from replicative (blood HBeAg-positive or detectable DNA) to nonreplicative (blood HBeAg and DNA nega­tive). Studies have shown that conversion from HBeAg-positive to HBeAg-negative after treatment for chronic hepatitis B is associated [...]

Multaq Warning Contact Page 1-800-611-7080   Multaq Warning :  If your doctor notes elevated levels of AP and GGTP enzymes in your blood, he or she will likely order an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogram. During a ERCP, patients are sedated, and a small lighted tube (called an endoscope) is inserted into the mouth and threaded through the small [...]

Multaq Warning Contact Page     1-800-611-7080   Multaq Warning : Liver cancer is not only curable, it is often preventable. Lifestyle choices contribute to the likelihood that an individual will contract HCC. As you can see from die following list, most of the strategies for avoiding liver cancer involve not putting yourself at risk.’ *      Never, ever [...]

Multaq Warning Contact Page 1-800-611-7080   Multaq Warning : The most important initial therapeutic intervention to prevent edema and ascites in cirrhosis is a strict, low-salt diet. In individuals with sig­nificant ascites and/or edema, a daily allowance of only 500 milligrams of sodium chloride is ideal; however, most patients find this kind of diet terribly unpalatable. Nonetheless, it [...]

Multaq Warning Contact Page 1-800-611-7080   Multaq Warning : When a suitable donor liver becomes available, the person “whose turn it is” to receive the liver is either called (or paged) or informed in his or her hospital bed that it is time for surgery. Liver transplantation is orthotopic in that the new liver is put in the [...]

Multaq Warning Contact Page 1-800-611-7080   Multaq Warning :Organ transplants strike most people as exotic proce­dures, but the fact is that liver transplants have been around for about 40 years. The first successful transplant was performed in 1968, and since then this surgery has become almost routine. Even better, the success rate of this transplant has become [...]