Truvada Headache

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Sustiva+Truvada: Night sweats and strong headaches

My boyfriend started this combo last Friday night.I am on it for a year now with minimal side effects.He used to suffer from night sweats before starting the meds but since Friday it has gone a lot worse. He wakes up 10-15 times every night...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Those types of side effects involving the central nervous system can be seen with the efavirenz (Sustiva). He should discuss with his HIV doc so as to sort out whether anything else could be going on (another infection, immune reconstituion... Read more »

Taking Truvada and need for practicing safer sex (TRUVADA PrEP, 2010)

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Sustiva & Truvada

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Posted by notreadyforthis, 1 Reply

So I took my first dose of meds last night. My doctor started me on this combo:

Prezista (darunavir), two 300mg tabs, plus
Norvir (ritonavir), one 100mg soft gelcap, plus
Truvada (emtricitabine+tenofavir) one 200mg/300mg respectively.

I take this combo... Read more »

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