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Appendix B: Antiretroviral Drugs Available in Canada
Part of A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Treatment for People Living With HIV

2011

Fusion Inhibitor
Common Name Brand Name Manufacturer
T-20, enfuvirtide Fuzeon Roche
Co-Receptor Inhibitor
Common Name Brand Name Manufacturer
maraviroc Celsentri ViiV Healthcare (formerly Pfizer)
Nukes (Nucleoside and Nucleotide Analogues, or NRTIs)
Common Name Brand Name Manufacturer
abacavir, ABC Ziagen ViiV Healthcare (formerly GlaxoSmithKline)
AZT, zidovudine Retrovir ViiV Healthcare (formerly GlaxoSmithKline)
d4T, stavudine Zerit Bristol-Myers Squibb
ddI, didanosine Videx EC (enteric-coated) Bristol-Myers Squibb
FTC, emtricitabine FTC is only available in Canada co-formulated with tenofovir, as Truvada Gilead Sciences
tenofovir* Viread Gilead Sciences
3TC, lamivudine 3TC ViiV Healthcare (formerly GlaxoSmithKline-Shire BioChem)
Non-Nukes (NNRTIs)
Common Name Brand Name Manufacturer
delavirdine Rescriptor ViiV Healthcare (formerly Pfizer)
efavirenz Sustiva Bristol-Myers Squibb
etravirine Intelence Tibotec
nevirapine Viramune Boehringer Ingelheim
Integrase Inhibitor
Common Name Brand Name Manufacturer
raltegravir Isentress Merck
Protease Inhibitors
Common Name Brand Name Manufacturer
atazanavir Reyataz Bristol-Myers Squibb
darunavir Prezista Tibotec
fosamprenavir Telzir ViiV Healthcare (formerly GlaxoSmithKline)
indinavir Crixivan Merck
lopinavir-ritonavir Kaletra Abbott Laboratories
nelfinavir Viracept ViiV Healthcare (formerly Pfizer)
ritonavir Norvir Abbott Laboratories
saquinavir Invirase Hoffmann-La Roche
tipranavir Aptivus Boehringer Ingelheim
Co-Formulations

Co-formulations take two or more different drugs and combine them into a single pill, reducing the number of pills that need to be taken.

Common Name Brand Name Manufacturer
Atripla efavirenz + FTC + tenofovir Bristol Myers-Squibb/Gilead Sciences
Combivir AZT + 3TC ViiV Healthcare (formerly GlaxoSmithKline)
Kaletra lopinavir + ritonavir Abbott Laboratories
Kivexa 3TC + abacavir ViiV Healthcare (formerly GlaxoSmithKline)
Trizivir AZT + 3TC + abacavir ViiV Healthcare (formerly GlaxoSmithKline)
Truvada FTC + tenofovir Gilead Sciences
* Strictly speaking, tenofovir (Viread) is not a nucleoside analogue but a very similar molecule called a nucleotide analogue. This is largely a fine technical distinction; in practice, most HIV-positive people and their doctors refer to tenofovir as a nucleoside.


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