Ritonavir Dose

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Dose Optimisation: 50 mg Ritonavir-Boosting, 3TC Dosing and Raltegravir Once-Daily

The issue of dose optimisation is important for several reasons, ranging from finding the right dose for an individual patient that achieves the highest probability of therapeutic success with the lowest risk of adverse events, to as a strategy to... Read more »

A Slice of Atazanavir, but Hold the Ritonavir: Switch to Unboosted Dose Still Effective After 120 Weeks, With Good Lipid Findings

Switching from a regimen containing Reyataz (atazanavir) boosted with Norvir (ritonavir) to a regimen that cuts out the Norvir doesn't hurt the regimen's effectiveness and doesn't compromise its safety, according to 120-week results from a study... Read more »

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Can Low-Dose Ritonavir Help Preserve Body Shape?

The widespread availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in high-income countries has greatly reduced deaths related to AIDS. HAART's benefits are so immense that researchers in these countries increasingly expect HIV positive... Read more »

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Twice daily dosing of Crixivan without Ritonavir

Has the twice a day dosing of Crixivan (in combination with Combivir) been abandoned or is it still being studied. I am speaking of 1200mg. of Crixivan without the boost of Ritonavir....

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

Cornell University, Weill Medical College

Dosing Crixivan (indinavir) at 1200mg twice daily in combination with nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (for example, Combivir) has been studied and abandoned because of a high rate of failure among the patients who took it. The ONLY... Read more »

Ritonavir, 3TC, D4T combination ? Ritonavir and travels through time zones?

Hello Dr. Gallant and thank you for answering my question : I was for 4 month on3TC, AZT therapie after CD4 count drop to 480 /ml and RNA count 60,000. After 1 month of this therapy RNA was less then 100(undedectable). In the 4 th month, I had flu...

Response from Joel Gallant, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

Ritonavir, 3TC, and d4T is generally an effective regimen, though you were probably already resistant to 3TC when you started it. Nevertheless, there is evidence that 3TC can still be beneficial even after you've developed resistance, because... Read more »

"Storage of Ritonavir?"

How practical is it to take Ritonavir? How can you go on holiday etc. whenthe drug seems to have to be kept in the refrigerator all the time?...

Response from Cal Cohen, M.D., M.S.

Harvard Medical School

According to Abbott, the manufacturer of ritonavir, it is ok to take theevening dose out in the morning if you're leaving for the day, but the restof the doses should be refrigerated. In other words, the doses shouldn't betaken out of the... Read more »

dosage of amprenavir and ritonavir

In one of your recently answered questions you indicated a dosage of 750 mg of amp. with ritonavir - My Dr. has me on 1250 amp.-2xperday and 200 ritonavir 2xper day. Am I taking too high of a dose?I am also taking, ziagen, combivir and sustiva....

Response from Andrew T. Pavia, M.D.

University of Utah, School of Medicine

There have been a number of small studies recently presented on amprenavir dosing with ritonavir. Here are some numbers from a study presented at Durban, keep in mind that it largely used a few doses plus computer modeling, instead of using many... Read more »

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ritonavir

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I'm looking to talk with people who are currently taking
ritonavir (Norvir) capsules and will be affected by the imminent
change to liquid ritonavir. I'm a reporter working on a story for
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ritonavir in liquid form

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

My partner just started taking ritonavir in the liquid form and it
tastes really bad. Furthermore, after taking it, he becomes very
nauseous and weak. We would like to hear from people with
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Need Ritonavir

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Dear Friends

I am a person living with HIV for 11 years now. Up until now I have not taken any medications apart from vitamin supplements. I have been in conflict with myself on whether to start HAART and after much sole searching have decided to... Read more »

HALF DOSING MY MEDS

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hello All !! I want to tell everyone that I started taking half of the prescribed doses of my meds about 2 years ago. My T cells remain High (570) and my V load is still undetectable..
I am on viramune,ziagen and zerit. I had an uncle who died... Read more »

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