Celsentri Side Effects

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Maraviroc (Selzentry, Celsentri)

What Is Maraviroc? Who Should Take It? What About Drug Resistance? How Is Maraviroc Taken? What Are the Side Effects? How Does It React With OtherDrugs? The Bottom Line What Is Maraviroc? Maraviroc (Selzentry in the US and Celsentri elsewhere) was formerly known as UK 427,857. It is a drug used for antiretroviral therapy. It is manufactured by ViiV Healthcare. Maraviroc is the first "attachment inhibitor" drug. When HIV...

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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 »

Naive but bad genotype. Which combo ?

Hello,I would like to thank you for your forum, which is very helpful !My question is the following:I have probably been infected Q4 2006 and discover it on Sept 2006. I have no symptoms in the exception of swollen lymph nodes. The PET-scan showed a...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Good questions. We don't yet know the best manner/order to use the new Merck integrase inhibitor raltegravir, the CCR5 inhibitor maraviroc, Fuzeon, and etravirine (NNRTI active against R virus now available in the US through expanded access... 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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