Getting A Prescription For Stocrin

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An Overview of Sustiva (Efavirenz, Stocrin)

eh-FAH-vih-rehnz Brand Name: Sustiva Other Name(s): DMP-266, EFV, L 743726, Stocrin Drug Class: Non-nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors FDA-Approved Patient Labeling Patient Information SUSTIVA® (sus-TEE-vah) [efavirenz ] capsules and tablets ALERT: Find out about medicines that should NOT be taken with SUSTIVA. Please also read the section "MEDICINES YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE WITH SUSTIVA ." Read this...

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Stocrin does not exist in US pharmaceutical database True or False

Dear Doctor, I've been taking Stocrin for about 6 months now. I've gotten this medicine from my home country. I do not have any insurance so getting it from another country seems to be less expensive. Although, I'm waiting to be...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Stocrin is a brand name of efavirenz outside the US, where it is Sustiva. You need to contact the physician who wrote the prescription and ask that they call the pharmacy to clarify.I suspect that by law, the pharmacist can not fill a precription... Read more »

Stocrin and Sustiva

Are sustiva and Stocrin the same thing? Is it safe to buy Stocrin when my prescription says that i should take sustiva?...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Stocrin and Sustiva are different trade names (used in different countries) for efavirenz. BY... Read more »

switch from stocrin and truvada to atripla

Hi, I was on HAART for a yera but changed to stocrin and truvada due to lipodystrophy and pheripheral neuropathy. I have been on stocrin and truvada for about 9 month now with no side effects whatsoever. Now my doctor is changing me to atripla....

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Stocrine (efavirenz) + Truvada (tenofovir + emtricitabine) has the same three HIV meds as Atripla so there generally should be little to no difference when it comes to body fat issues between those different formulations of the same drugs. KH... Read more »

Stocrin (Sustiva) and hiv-2.

Hi doc. Mark.Im a Dutch man living with my Dutch boyfriend in Holland.I tell this, because my partner has hiv-2 infection (hiv-1 neg.) which is rare for an European man in a north European country.He is getting trivizir (abacavir, lamivudine,...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

There is not a lot of published data about this question. However, you are correct to question the use of efavirenz for HIV-2 treatment. Published data would suggest that of the HIV-2 strains tested, most are resistant to efavirenz or the NNRTI... Read more »

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