Kaletra And Truvada Combination

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kaletra/truvada or viramune/truvada

After 7 years of being diagnosed with HIV now my CD4 97, VL 23,000, resistance test came back negative. I'm on bactrim, no oportunistic infections ever or any other illness, all other labs within normal ranges. My doctor advised me to take...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Your viral load is of a moderate level and most regimens should get you down to an undetectable level. A recent study comparing kaletra and efavirenz (a cousin of nevirapine) combined with drugs like truvada demonstrated that efavirenz regimens got... Read more »

kaletra and truvada

I have recently heard that when truvada is combined with Kaletra, the kaletra can cause higher... Read more »

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kaletra+truvada sexual side effects

as a new user of these meds, i am wondering if there are there any known sexual side effects to the... Read more »

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Articles

Gilead's Combination of Antiretrovirals Truvada, Sustiva Not Bioequivalent to Two Drugs Alone, Study Says

Gilead on Tuesday announced that its reformulation of a fixed-dose combination antiretroviral drug combining the company's Truvada with Bristol-Myers Squibb 's drug Sustiva is not bioequivalent to the two drugs when used separately, AFX... Read more »

Gilead Gains European Approval to Market Combination Antiretroviral Drug Truvada

Foster City, Calif.-based biotech company Gilead on Wednesday received approval from the European Commission to market its combination antiretroviral drug Truvada in all 25 European Union countries, the AP/ Forbes reports. Truvada is a... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Johnson & Johnson Says Prezista Matches Kaletra in HIV Trial

Johnson & Johnson's Prezista was as effective as Abbott Laboratories Inc.'s Kaletra in reducing HIV to undetectable levels in a population of treatment-nave patients, according to a new study. The results of the late-stage trial were presented... Read more »

CASTLE Study Compares Reyataz to Kaletra

A poster presented at the joint 2008 ICAAC/IDSA meeting in Washington, DC found that after 96 weeks more people taking Reyataz (atazanavir) boosted with Norvir (ritonavir) once daily had HIV levels below 50 copies compared to those taking Kaletra... Read more »

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New combined Truvada/Sustiva combination

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hi.
Just wondered if anybody knew as to when the above co-formulated combo will be available? I s it this year?
I am starting with Truvada + Sustiva, but as I not keen on taking tablets anyway, I would rather take just 1 tablet instead of 2.
Thank you Read more »

Sustiva + Truvada combination

Posted by richwales, 6 Replies

Im a 26 y/o male living in UK whos been on sustiva and truvada for 4 months now my Cd4 and viral load are doing great (gone from 14% 245 to 19% 472, and 18,200 to undectable) just finding the side affects of sustiva really can be hard to cope with,... Read more »

New Kaletra Formulation.....

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hello.
I am looking at changing from Sustiva to Kaletra (My Nuke backbone is Truvada), however I have concerns about the side effect profile of Kaletra.
I hear that the newer formulation of Kaletra has less side effects that the old one - has anyone... Read more »

Truvada/Reyataz/Norvir

Posted by cm82391, 2 Replies

I'm taking a combination of the the three and i'm breaking out HORRIBLY!!!

Is anyone else on these meds and having this issues? Or one of the three above?

Or do I just have really bad skin? Read more »

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