How Much Does Isentress Cost

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An Overview of Isentress (Raltegravir, MK-0518)

ral-TEG-ra-vir Brand Name: Isentress Other Name(s): MK-0518, MK0158, RAL Drug Class: Integrase Inhibitors ISENTRESS ® ( eye sen tris ) ( raltegravir) Tablets Read the patient information that comes with ISENTRESS before you start taking it and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. What is ISENTRESS? ISENTRESS is an anti-HIV (antiretroviral) medicine used for the treatment of HIV. The term HIV...

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Alternative to Isentress

I am currently on a regimen of Sustiva and Combivir. My viral load is undetectable and CD4 count is around 600; however, my triglyceride level has been confirmed and has gone through the roof! My doctor has suggested that I switch from Sustiva to...

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

North Shore University Hospital

Thank you, yours is a common problem in which the insurance companies charge a proportion of the total cost as a copay for all "brand" medicines. Of course almost all of the most effective HIV meds are not available as generics so it is a... Read more »

Maraviroc, Isentress & Atripla?

It is time to change meds. My t-cells are down to 203 (12%) but I have a low, but measurable viral load (500 or so). I have the 69-insertion mutation, so nuks don't work - but I am sensitive to all other classes. I also am CCR5- tropic. I...

Response from Edwin DeJesus, M.D., F.A.C.P.

Auchhh some how this story is not adding up well. If you have never taking a PI or an NNRTI, I assume that you were treated in the past only with nucleosides! That was not an acceptable treatment. If you developed the insertion 69, I also have to... Read more »

Isentress resistance?

I'm on Atripla and Isentress, undetectable viral load since started Atripla in 3/07 with 600 mg. Ziagen. Now dr. has discontinued Ziagen and replaced w/ Isentress for last 2 mos. My friends (all very knoledgeable and long-term HIVers) all say...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for your post.It's not entirely clear to me why you were started on Atripla+Ziagen (abacavir). In the past, some doctors (self included) might start a quad drug regimen in cases of persons with very high baseline viral loads,... Read more »

Isentress and Modafinil (PROVIGIL)

Hi, I have been Hiv positive for 18 years. I am 34 and my viral load is 759 and cd-4 is 387. I have had my cd-4 count down to single digits in the past. I am currently taking Isentress/Epzicom/viread. I am also on Valtrax for Herpes. Now My question...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Michael in Georgia,Your first stop should be your HIV specialist for a comprehensive evaluation of your fatigue. The best approach to HIV-associated fatigue is to determine the underlying cause or causes of the fatigue. Fatigue is not a disease,... Read more »

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Isentress Drug - Side Effects?? HELP

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I have been taking Isentress for about a month...Adnormal dreams, Insomnia, Excessive fatique have been side effects and seem to be ones for a lot of people. Does anyone have experience with this drug? Did the side effects get better? How long... Read more »

Isentress & Side Effects

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