Is Atripla Generic Or Brand Drug

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Atripla

Brand name: Atripla Generic name: efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir, or EFV/FTC/TDF Class: NNRTI and NRTI -- single-tablet regimen (STR) Manufacturer: Bristol-Myers Squibb, www.bms.com , (800) 321-1335, and Gilead Sciences, www.gilead.com , (800) GILEAD-5 (445-3235), www.atripla.com AWP: $2,080.97/month Standard Dose: One tablet (600 mg efavirenz/200 mg emtricitabine/300 mg tenofovir), once a day, preferably at bedtime, on an...

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Generic Atripla

I recently ordered the generic form of Atripla from Canada. I checked the ingredients and it is the same as the name brand. Are there additional side effects in taking the generic over the name brand...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

There shouldn't be any difference, but I have no experience with generics.... Read more »

Generic Atripla

I was diagnosed about a year ago. Started on Atripla right away. CD4 went from 410 to 799; viral load from 105,000 to undetectable. Will be losing my Rx insurance and no way I can afford brand name Atripla on my own. I see ads on the Internet for...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for your post.There is no generic "Atripla". There is a generic combination of the medications in Atripla (tenofovir, emtricitabine and efavirenz) that are manufactured in India marketed under the name Viraday (and... Read more »

Insurance Endings Going From Atripla to Self Pay Generic

I just read the question about the person with the unplanned 4 week break from Atripla. I am doing my best to make sure the same does not happen to me. By that time I will be just a couple months shy of being on Atripla for 3 years. The results...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for posting.Since Viraday and Atripla contain the same medications, there shouldn't be any problem in switching from one brand to the other. (Viraday is not available in the US and Europe) A possible alternative to explore,... Read more »

Generic vs. brand name causes rebound?

My son was diagnosed with HIV at age 1. He developed a resistance to one drug in his cocktail in the first year, and it was believed that his birth mother passed on a strain that was resistant to it. He's now 6 and has been on the same cocktail...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for posting.There's no particular reason to think that the switch from branded Ziagen to generic abacavir should be responsible for your son's increased viral load.The first thing that should happen is an assessment for... Read more »

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Atripla at low low price

Posted by DjFresh, 1 Reply

Hello, I have searched the soaring prices of Atripla in the US, and it came to my attention that I can offer people who need to take this medication at the fraction of the price ! As you might have guessed I am in Canada and I am operating a small... Read more »

Free Hiv meds(generic) in Malaysia and Thailand?

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Does anyone knows what types of drug are available over there? I've done some googling and apparently both Malaysia as well Thailand are dispensing Hiv medications for free over there (generic). Read more »

For those on the Atripla regimen

Posted by Pos_in_Thailand

I am giving a URL for a very interesting and complete drug interactions database. If you are on Atripla, and are on or will be needing to take any medication for any reason, you can type it's name in the search and see if there is a known... Read more »

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