Getting A Prescription For Viread

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An Overview of Viread (Tenofovir)

te-NOE-fo-veer dye soe PROX il --> Brand Name: Viread Other Names: GS-4331-05, PMPA Prodrug, TDF, Tenofovir DF Drug Class: Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors PATIENT INFORMATION VIREAD ® (VEER-ee-ad) (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) tablets and oral powder Read this Patient Information before you start taking VIREAD and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This information does not take the...

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Videx/Viread/Sustiva

I wrote to you twice before regarding correct dosage and timing of Viread/Videx. After speaking directly with the manufacturer of Viread and getting your response..including speaking with my doctor, I received my prescription of Sustiva, Viread, and...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your follow up.You raise all good points; really there is not a lot of data about the drug concentrations, nor performance of this combination among HIV-infected individuals. Hence, there is a degree of speculation to all that we say... Read more »

Very scared...folllow up on Viread/Videx

I am following up on a questions someone asked you regarding Viread, Virimune and Videx (posted December 20th) where you stated the following:"As a result, newer studies were conducted to look at the combination using the lower dose of...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thank you for your question.The data that I've cited comes directly from Gilead (the manufacturer of tenofovir) and Bristol Myers Squibb (the makers of Videx EC). Your doctor is correct in the dietary and dose-timing statements (the previous... Read more »

Viread/Videx dosing

Hello Dr. Aberg, I noticed in another answer that you like to use Viread, Videx EC and Sustiva. My doctor is switching me to that regimen after I developed resistance to the Epivir in my Sustiva, Videx, Epivir combo. Do you recommend taking the...

Response from Judith A. Aberg, M.D.

Washington University, St. Louis School of Medicine

Bristol-Myers-Squibb, the makers of Videx (DDI) has sent a letter informing doctors of the potential drug interaction between Viread (tenofovir) and Videx. They recommend taking them 2 hours apart and consideration to lowering the dose of Videx. BMS... Read more »

Viread, frequent urination

I am on Viread, Combivir, Norvir and Atazanavir (sp?). I have a problem with frequent urination. I had it also on my previous combination, which was Viread, Kaletra, and Combivir. I stopped my previous combination due to GI side effects and...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

I have had patients complain of frequent urination likely due to Viread. I have also had some patients get it with protease inhibitors (most often indinavir but sometimes low dose ritonavir). Viread decreases the levels of the atazanavir (the... Read more »

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Abacavir,viramune,viread

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I'm on day 4 of my new combo Abacavir,viramune,viread, epivir and it totally sucks. I feel lousy all of the time. Is this typical when starting this combo? This is my 4th combo since diagnosis...

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Does anyone have any experience with viread? I hear it's supposed to be great in terms of side effects, but I want to know if anyone went on it either a switch or new reg and noticed increased lipo or new lipo or hair loss?

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Has anyone switched or is using viread? If so, how long and any adverse side effects? I've had problems with pretty much all nukes except 3tc and wanted to see if this drug was similar?

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swithching Ziagen to Viread...fatigue

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Im 5 yrs in Ive been taking epivir,ziagen and viramune.
Fatigue bacame an increasingly intolerable issue when I be gan Ziagen.(sorry, at yr. 3 I replaced d4tZerit with Ziagen.My legs were melting away)
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