How Much Does Etravirine Cost

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Etravirine (Intelence)

What Is Etravirine? Who Should Take it? What About Drug Resistance? How Is it Taken? What Are the Side Effects? How Does it React With Other Drugs? What Is Etravirine? Etravirine is a drug used as part of antiretroviral therapy (ART). It is also called Intelence. It is manufactured by Tibotec Pharmaceuticals. Etravirine is a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (a "non-nuke" or NNRTI). These drugs stop HIV from multiplying by...

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Etravirine

Hello, I am positive for almost 8 years now and I have a concern regarding Sustiva (which i have been on since diagnosis). I wanted to know if Etravirine can be used in place of Sustiva (if and when i become resistant to it)? Is this drug only...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Etravirine, also known affectionately as TMC125, is a non-nucleoside that is in the last stages of development and is expected to be available in the US within months.Some facts:-Etravirine can be taken with nucleosides.-Some virus that is resistant... Read more »

Etravirine (TMC-125) Clinical Trial?

I was diagnosed in September 2007 and due to my CD4 count going marginally below 350 on 3 consecutive occasions my doctor prescribed Atripla for me 3 months ago. My viral load before medication was around 100,000 copies and my last blood test...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Etravirine can be effective after failing efavirenz based therapy depending on the resistance picture. Use of etravirine may be one reasonable option as would a switch to a boosted protease inhibitor based regimen depending on your entire treatment... Read more »

etravirine/nevirapine

Hi Dr. Young,Is Etravirine and Nevirapine processed in the same part of the liver? I have been on Nevirapine for 10 years and I amhaving some liver issues. I wonder if Etravirine would use adifferent part of my liver?thanks,tom...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello Tom and thanks for posting.Both medications are processed by the liver, though one generally doesn't distinguish between different parts or cells in the liver with regard to drug metabolism. That said, drug reactions from one medication... Read more »

Once daily dosing of etravirine (Intelence)?

I was on Efavirenz and Truvada but recently switched to Etravirine and Truvada because of sleep/dream/emotional issues. I saw some research that suggested the 400 mg dose of Efavirine could be taken safely once a day...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

There is a study with a new formualtion of Intelence that would be given once a day. We are waiting for final results and then the new form would have to get approval from the FDA. The current pills should not be taken once a day. Stay tuned.Joe... Read more »

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