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Delavirdine (Rescriptor)

What Is Delavirdine? Delavirdine is a drug used as part of antiretroviral therapy (ART). It is also called Rescriptor. Pharmacia & Upjohn developed it. ViiV Healthcare is marketing it. Delavirdine is a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (a "non-nuke" or NNRTI). These drugs stop HIV from multiplying by preventing the reverse transcriptase enzyme from working. This enzyme changes HIV's genetic material (RNA) into DNA. This has to...

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IS AZT AND RESCRIPTOR A GOOD COMBINATION

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Response from Thomas N. Kakuda, Pharm.D.

University of Minnesota

AZT (zidovudine) and Rescriptor (delavirdine) is unlikely to suppress HIV unless it is used with a third drug. This combination may be good if the viral load (HIV-RNA) is small and your CD4 count is high. In general, most guidelines (DHHS, IAS,... Read more »

Rescriptor

Why don't you ever hear anything about Rescriptor? It is an approved NNRTI but no one ever mentions it. Is anyone on this drug?...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

The reason that this medication is not often mentioned is that it used very much anymore. It is easier to use nevirapine (Viramune) or efavirenz (Sustiva) in the NNRTI class. Rescriptor is 6 pills per day (3 - 200mg tablets twice daily) and competes... Read more »

Switch from Rescriptor to Viramune?

I recently discontinued Sustiva because of psychological problems it was causing (VL<50, T-Cells high 500's). My physician substituted Rescriptor for the Sustiva, and continued my previous Nuke regimen of Combavir. Now I am experiencing...

Response from Brian Boyle, M.D., J.D.

Cornell University, Weill Medical College

With the information you provide, it's tough to know whether the NNRTI class is blown of not. If you are still <50 on the Rescriptor-Combivir regimen, and have remained so throughout your treatment, it may be possible to switch back to... Read more »

rescriptor change

My last prescription has a change on it for Rescriptor. The usual dosage is 4 pills 3 times daily. The bottles now say 3 pills, two times daily. Is this a new regimen that others have been using?Thanks,mark...

Response from Rick Stryker, M.D., M.P.H.

University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine

Dear Mark:Best to ask your doc directly what he or she has in mind, but my guess is that rescriptor (AKA delavirdine) is being used as a "booster" to raise the blood level of another drug in your cocktail. Some protease inhibitors can be... Read more »

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Rescriptor (delavirdine mesylate)

Posted by Anonymous

Is anyone taking this drug? Are you experiencing any side affects. I've only been taking it for a week and now I have a cold/allgery problem (watery eyes and nose). I don't know if it the medicine or just a normal cold/allgery.

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I'm trying not to scare anyone, but facts are fact

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ITS A FACT

Posted by Anonymous

Its a fact some of positive people lie about their status before sex. If you are going to have sex BE SAFE! dont believe people if they tell you they are negative, they may not be. ALWAYS PRACTICE SAFE SEX!!!!! I hope we learned something here.

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HIV FROM CONDOMS AFER FACT?

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What are the chances of catching hiv when:
You have sex with a male with the condom on, after he cums he pulls the condom off and you play around for around 10 minutes he puts his penis in you for a couple of seconds (about 2 inches)? Read more »

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