Efavirenz (EFV, brand names Sustiva and Stocrin) is a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) and is used as part of highly active Antiretroviral drug (HAART) for the treatment of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1.For HIV infection that has not previously b...
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Efavirenz1,762 posts
Fewer patient posts reported that Efavirenz helped them when used for AIDS (80% lower than average of other AIDS treatments)
Sustiva
More patient posts reported that Sustiva helped them when used for AIDS (21% higher than average of other AIDS treatments)
Atripla
More patient posts reported that Atripla helped them when used for AIDS (174% higher than average of other AIDS treatments)
Truvada
More patient posts reported that Truvada helped them when used for AIDS (26% higher than average of other AIDS treatments)
Nevirapine
An average number of patient posts reported that Nevirapine helped them when used for AIDS
Emtricitabine
Fewer patient posts reported that Emtricitabine helped them when used for AIDS (86% lower than average of other AIDS treatments)
Combivir
Fewer patient posts reported that Combivir helped them when used for AIDS (2% lower than average of other AIDS treatments)
Kaletra
More patient posts reported that Kaletra helped them when used for AIDS (21% higher than average of other AIDS treatments)
Lamivudine
Fewer patient posts reported that Lamivudine helped them when used for AIDS (98% lower than average of other AIDS treatments)
Isentress
More patient posts reported that Isentress helped them when used for AIDS (61% higher than average of other AIDS treatments)
Abacavir
Fewer patient posts reported that Abacavir helped them when used for AIDS (69% lower than average of other AIDS treatments)
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Efavirenz Top Concerns
Based on 1,762 patient discussions on healthcare websites and blogs
...just started taking Atripla -at first it ...don't know of anyone on Atripla ... the link ...indication about when the dizziness goes...
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My husband is HIV positive and is taking Lamivudine, Zidovudine,Efavirenz and Ilvitrim. he has been told at the hospital that his creatinine levels are high. He has had a blood test and must go back...
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...to avoid Atripla since the efavirenz component may cause elevated seizure ...HIV meds yet -- I was slated to start Complera, but we're holding off ...years to get my seizures under reaso...
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I have been taking Atripla for a few years now and am interested ...you.
Here is a link which may be helpful:
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Hi All,
I started Atripla, new infection in February, ...a general 'high' feeling. The headaches are gone now and ...The way I understand it, efavirenz and tenofovir, when taken with...
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...bf takes only 200mgs of efavirenz daily instead of the ...was still getting enough efavirenz in his blood stream. ...me to start meds. (I refuse to take efavirenz due to the possible CNS side...
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...not uncommon on Atripla. The nausea could be caused by ...just a product of the dizziness. These side effects should ...for the entire time I took Efavirenz (the component of Atripla that...
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...currently taking Truvada with Norvir and ...of a rocky time on efavirenz, as it made me feel depressed and a bit trippy. ...that for most people, with efavirenz, the side-effects subside afte...
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Hi Matt,I am taking STOCRIN (efavirenz) 600mg LAMIVIR (lamivudine) 150mg x2 and VIREAD (tenofovir) 300mg.
Plus dosulepin 75mg for...
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