What Are The Dangers Of Rescriptor

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Rescriptor

Brand name: Rescriptor Generic name: delavirdine, or DLV Class: Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (non-nucleoside, NNRTI, or non-nuke) Manufacturer: ViiV Healthcare, www.viivhealthcare.com , (877) 844-8872 AWP: $381.89/month for 200 mg tablets Standard Dose: Two 200 mg tablets or four 100 mg tablets three times a day (every 8 hours). Only the 100 mg tablets can be dissolved in liquid; however, avoid grapefruit juice....

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IS AZT AND RESCRIPTOR A GOOD COMBINATION

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Response from Thomas N. Kakuda, Pharm.D.

University of Minnesota

AZT (zidovudine) and Rescriptor (delavirdine) is unlikely to suppress HIV unless it is used with a third drug. This combination may be good if the viral load (HIV-RNA) is small and your CD4 count is high. In general, most guidelines (DHHS, IAS,... Read more »

Rescriptor

Why don't you ever hear anything about Rescriptor? It is an approved NNRTI but no one ever mentions it. Is anyone on this drug?...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

The reason that this medication is not often mentioned is that it used very much anymore. It is easier to use nevirapine (Viramune) or efavirenz (Sustiva) in the NNRTI class. Rescriptor is 6 pills per day (3 - 200mg tablets twice daily) and competes... Read more »

Switch from Rescriptor to Viramune?

I recently discontinued Sustiva because of psychological problems it was causing (VL<50, T-Cells high 500's). My physician substituted Rescriptor for the Sustiva, and continued my previous Nuke regimen of Combavir. Now I am experiencing...

Response from Brian Boyle, M.D., J.D.

Cornell University, Weill Medical College

With the information you provide, it's tough to know whether the NNRTI class is blown of not. If you are still <50 on the Rescriptor-Combivir regimen, and have remained so throughout your treatment, it may be possible to switch back to... Read more »

rescriptor change

My last prescription has a change on it for Rescriptor. The usual dosage is 4 pills 3 times daily. The bottles now say 3 pills, two times daily. Is this a new regimen that others have been using?Thanks,mark...

Response from Rick Stryker, M.D., M.P.H.

University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine

Dear Mark:Best to ask your doc directly what he or she has in mind, but my guess is that rescriptor (AKA delavirdine) is being used as a "booster" to raise the blood level of another drug in your cocktail. Some protease inhibitors can be... Read more »

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Rescriptor (delavirdine mesylate)

Posted by Anonymous

Is anyone taking this drug? Are you experiencing any side affects. I've only been taking it for a week and now I have a cold/allgery problem (watery eyes and nose). I don't know if it the medicine or just a normal cold/allgery.

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DENIALISTS - A DANGEROUS GAME

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Sally, wana play?

Table for one please.. As far out of sight the better.... Read more »

a dangerous touch

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

To be short, a sex worker touch me on my neck. My neck was shaved half an hour ago when I had my hair cut.

If the sex worker had just finished her job for a client and her hand was contaminated with the man's semen, and the sex worker dose not clean... Read more »

HeteroSex is DANGEROUS!

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

For all those who continually say heterosex is not as dangerous for a man.. Here is a posting from JAMA HIV/AIDS

The rate of male-to-female transmission was not significantly different from the rate of female-to-male transmission (12.0 per 100... Read more »

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