Question: Hi,

I am a petite woman of 30 years of age. I was born with hepatitis B and use Baraclude 0.5mg daily.

I was dignosed last week with Chlamydia and purchased Azithrmycin (2pills x 500mg) over the internet to cure the infection. As I am reading the drug information I have a doubt regarding the quantitiy that I should take because of my HepB condition and my stature.

The information asks users to be particularly cautious if having 'liver problem' thus my questions are :

- Am I be seen to be in the 'liver problem' category with my condition, despite not having specific liver pains or problems presently? Can I still go ahead with this treatment ?

- i am very petite 1m50 40kg and seem to understand that I would need to take the 1gr Azithrmycin treatment to cure, however my BF is 1m80 + 80kg and was advised to take 1gr also, so could I consider to take a smaller dose (say 750mg?) to reduce impact on my liver ? My concern then is with the effectiveness of the treatment on a reduced dosage ?

Thanks fo rsharing your views on the above

Regards,
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Hi Dr. Swarnava Dattagupta,

good to hear. So I am guessing the fact that i'm half the size of my BF does not mean that I might feel worst side effects than my BF ?

Also, regarding side effects, I read that many people throw up from taking the medecine.... and as I tend to have my stomach that gets upset very easily after night out for example, so i am almost certain that I will vomit from the experience. Is there anyting that I can do to prevent this? would vomit affect the treatment at all ?

I wondered whether having the pills on an empty stomach (ie morning as I wake up) or on full stomach but after digestion be best to prevent side effect and/or avoid vomitting ?

thanks :)