Do People Take Sustiva With Viread And Emtriva

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Emtriva

Brand name: Emtriva Generic name: emtricitabine, or FTC Class: Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (nucleoside, NRTI, or nuke) Manufacturer: Gilead Sciences, Inc., www.gilead.com , (800) GILEAD-5 (445-3235) AWP: $504.37/month for 200 mg capsules; $110.38 for 170 mL solution (10 mg/mL) Standard Dose: One 200 mg capsule once a day, with or without food, with no dietary restrictions. The dosing needs to be adjusted for...

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sustiva, viread and emtriva

My viral load is 15.000 and my cd4 320. My doctor suggested a once daily therapy with sustiva, viread and emtriva. Do you think is it a good combination? Is it dangerous for lipoatrophy?ThanksPedro...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Dear Pedro-This is an attractive and increasingly popular regimen for several reasons. First, it is once a day. Second, it requires you to take only two pills a day and it is likley these will be combined to a single pill in the near future.... Read more »

Atripla vs Sustiva, Emtriva & Viread

In 2005 I was put on Sustiva, Emtriva, & Viread and vomited so badly that I was almost hospitalized for dehydration. In 2007 I was put on Atripla which I have been able to tolerate without the same problem. My doctor wants to switch me to...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello Debi and thanks for posting.You raise quite a few interesting points.1. It's not clear at all why you were intolerant of Viread, Emtriva and Sustiva, but tolerant of Atripla, since both regimens contain exactly the same ingredients.... Read more »

From Sustiva/Combivir to Viread/Emtriva/Sustiva

As always, many thanks to the experts on this forum...your work is widely read and appreciated. I've been on Sustiva/Combivir Since September '03, or about 9 months. I've had great results #-wise, going to undetectable. However, in...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

a. No.b. Yes.c. No.... Read more »

From Sustiva/Combivir to Viread/Emtriva/Sustiva

As always, many thanks to the experts on this forum...your work is widely read and appreciated.I've been on Sustiva/Combivir Since September '03, or about 9 months. I've had great results #-wise, going to undetectable. However, in...

Response from Sharon Lee, M.D.

University of Kansas Medical Center

a) I cannot say if YOU will suffer side effects, but based on the numbers, it is likely that the switch will be ok for you. b) Even though AZT only causes anemia in a low percentage of cases, if you are one of those cases of 5 out of 100, it... Read more »

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