entecavir
Noun
Meaning
entecavir (uncountable)
(pharmacology) An oral antiviral drug used in the treatment of hepatitis B infection.
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Currently, multidrug treatment is not recommended in treatment of chronic HBV as it is no more effective in the long term than individual treatment with entecavir or tenofovir.
First-line treatments currently used include PEG IFN, entecavir, and tenofovir, subject to patient and physician preference.