Celsentri Dosing

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An Overview of Selzentry (Maraviroc, Celsentri)

mah-RAV-er-rock Brand Name: Selzentry Other Name(s): Celsentri, MVC, UK-427,857 Drug Class: Entry and Fusion Inhibitors Maraviroc, also known as Selzentry, is a type of medicine called an entry inhibitor. Entry inhibitors work by blocking HIV from entering human cells. Indications and Usage Maraviroc received accelerated approval on August 6, 2007, and traditional approval on November 25, 2008, by the FDA for the treatment...

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Question about Selzentry's side effects?

`My doctor wants to put me on Selzentry/Celsentri. He says that he has had very good immunological responses in his patients, compared with other drugs. Initially I would be on Truvada, Isentress, and Selzentry, but then after a few months of being...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

Hello Thank you for your questions.The use of Selzentry (or Maraviroc) is a novel approach to treat HIV infection. There are ongoing discussions about using this drug as part of an initial regimen to treat HIV infection. Before one can use this... Read more »

NEW DRUGS

Dear Dr. Frascino,I have been following the question+answers on the forum since I was diagnosed HIV+ close to 2 years ago. I particularly like the positiveness and good humor in your answers. Well, getting back to my case, I am 46 years old and was...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Brazilian,There are a number of new and novel HIV medications in the pipeline. Since they are both new and novel, it's difficult to accurately predict all the potential side effects and toxicities until the drugs are more widely... Read more »

Getting closer to a hiv cure ???

Hi Dr Keith, please keep up the great work you do keeping us alive and hopeful living with hiv, can you please answer is this getting closer to a cure for hiv ???Dr Keith did the paciants cd4 count all jump over 200 cd4 after the gene theary...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

I was at that presentation who was very intriguing but a long way from broad applicability and would likely be very expensive so even if further studies over the next years are successful cost would likely be a factor for broad use but important... Read more »

Isentress + Kivexa

Dear Dr Ben and Dr Jo,As I have osteoporosis my HIV-specialist (in the Netherlands) wants to take me off Truvada (which I am taking with Prezista + ritonavir. VL undetectable, CD4 700+, no other issues. Celsentri is not an option, as the virus uses...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for posting from Amsterdam.Sorry to hear about your osteoporosis diagnosis-- it's a problem of increasing awareness, and something that affects upwards of 10-15% of people in care here in the US. TheBody.com and our late... Read more »

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