 | ||
   | ||
Email
Glossary |
|
drug resistance Oct 11, 2012 Ive became rsistance to virramune and was wondering can i take another medication in the same class as virramine |
||||||||
 |
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
 |
| Response from Dr. Young
 Hello and thanks for posting. The answer depends on what drug resistance mutations your virus has accumulated. While resistance to nevirapine is often associated with resistance to other NNRTIs, some NNRTI-resistant virus retain susceptibility to the newer NNRTI etravirine. According to the USCF InSite: Resistance to etravirine is associated with the selection of 1 or more of several resistance mutations. Clinical data in NNRTI-naive patients are needed to characterize de novo etravirine resistance. In patients with preexisting NNRTI resistance mutations and virologic failure on etravirine, a number of NNRTI mutations emerged, most commonly L100I, E138G, V179F V179I, Y181C Y181I, and H221Y; these were associated with decreased susceptibility to etravirine. | ||||||||
 Get Email Notifications When This Forum Updates or Subscribe With RSS
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
Q&A TERMS OF USE
This forum is designed for educational purposes only, and experts are not rendering medical, mental health, legal or other professional advice or services. If you have or suspect you may have a medical, mental health, legal or other problem that requires advice, consult your own caregiver, attorney or other qualified professional.
Experts appearing on this page are independent and are solely responsible for editing and fact-checking their material. Neither TheBody.com nor any advertiser is the publisher or speaker of posted visitors' questions or the experts' material.
Review our complete terms of use and copyright notice.
