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Atripla and Apr 6, 2011 Women are strongly advised not to be on Atripla treatment during pregnancy because of the risk of severe birth defects to their unborn baby. My question is, what would happen if the husband or boyfriend of the woman were taking Atripla for sometime and while they got the womwan pregnant? Will still there be a birth defect to the child if the father of the baby (not the mother)takes Atripla during the time the mother got pregnant? Thanks John |
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| Response from Dr. Henry
 What you describe in a fairly common scenario where the HIV+ male sex partner of an HIV- female is taking Atripla and doing well from the HIV perspective. Should the female partner become pregnant there is little concern in that situation of a harmful effect of the efavirenz in Atripla on the fetus/baby since there are not measurable levels of efavirenz in the blood of the mother that could pose a risk. KH | ||
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