What Causes Hypersensitivity Reaction

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Nevirapine Hypersensitivity Reaction

After a few months break from 6 years of NVP therapy along with AZT/3TC, I reintroduced the agents and experienced a severe hypersensitivity reaction. My questions are...1. Even though this was 10 months ago I still feel as though my nerve endings...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

From the information you provided it seems unlikely that you experience an hypersensitivity reaction to either AZT or 3TC so the nevirapine would be the most likely inciting drug. It seems reasonable to me to consider use of ZT + 3TC and Kaletra... Read more »

Hypersensitive Reaction to Trizivir?

I started taking Trizivir (my first time with any hiv medication) 14 days ago and I am extremely... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

possibility of hypersensitivity reaction when restarting Trizivir

I am a 36 y/o male diagnosed HIV+ in 1999. My current cd4 is 766 26%, and VL 56650. I have elected... Read more »

Response from Eric Daar, M.D. »

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Can HLA-B*5701 Testing Help Avoid Abacavir Hypersensitivity Reaction?

Retrospective analyses of abacavir (ABC, Ziagen)-treated individuals who have experienced hypersensitivity reaction (HSR) have suggested that the majority of these abacavir-related events, at least in white and Thai persons, occur in the presence of... Read more »

HIV/AIDS Update -- New Intelence Labeling: Severe Skin and Hypersensitivity Reactions

Dear Healthcare Professional: Tibotec Therapeutics , in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, would like to inform you of an important safety update to the Severe Skin Reactions WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS section (5.1) of the... Read more »

Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

Skin Problems

Many people get a rash when they start taking antiretrovirals. Rashes can be caused by the following drugs: non-nucleoside analogues -- nevirapine (Viramune), delavirdine (Rescriptor) and efavirenz (Sustiva) the nucleoside analogue abacavir (alone... Read more »

An Apparent Third-Party Tampering Issue -- GSK Community Statement

Dear Community Member, We would like to call to your attention an apparent third-party tampering that caused misbranding of Ziagen® (abacavir sulfate) Tablets as Combivir® (lamivudine and zidovudine) Tablets and employed counterfeit labels for... Read more »

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Abacavir - Hypersensitivity - EPZICOM

Posted by Survivor, 2 Replies

David, I read your Email and brought the PDF forward. Dr. Ben was very watchful when I initially got started and had follow up calls to me regarding any problems if in deed I was blinded on the Abacavir. Either I am on it and am fine or I am not... Read more »

allergic reactions

Posted by TRex, 2 Replies

Has anyone who is HIV positive had a lot of allergic reactiosn to antibiotics? I had two allergic reactions (the Bactrim one was the one who made me ask for the HIV test).the other one is Keflex. I am on Augmentin now and woke up with another... Read more »

DNF Forms and International Media Reaction

Posted by Anonymous

It isn't hard not to notice that the same story (same wording)
is being printed all over the place. I can't be sure, but it looks like
the international press is just taking dictation from TAC.
Or maybe they just work for the same employer - the... Read more »

Some drug reactions, I think

Posted by ScotCharles, 1 Reply

Hey guys, long time no parlez,

For two years I've been on a regimen of Norvir, Atazanavir (Reyetaz) and Truvada (Viread and Emtriva). Last July I developed tingling in my toes (parathesia) which became painful buring and shooting pains. This March,... Read more »

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