What If I Miss A Dose Of Ziagen

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Ziagen

Brand name: Ziagen Generic name: abacavir sulfate (abacavir), or ABC Class: Nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor(nucleotide, NtRTI, or nuke) Manufacturer: ViiV Healthcare, www.viivhealthcare.com , (877) 844-8872 AWP: $670.37/month, $161.78 for 240 mL solution (20 mg/mL) Standard Dose: Two 300 mg tablets once a day (or one 300 mg tablet twice a day), with or without food, with no dietary restrictions; scored tablets...

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missed dose from time to time. will i be okay?

hello. cd4 is currently 595, and undetectable for 3 years.i am recenlty this month have missed a couple of doses of atripla and ziagen in two seperate days. i usually take my meds at night, knowing that i missed a dose the next day i cant really...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

Thanks for your question.It is true that missed doses can be a problem for maintaining suppression of HIV on treatment. The pattern of misses is important. Someone with a fully suppressed virus, such as you, is in a better situation them someone... Read more »

trizivir, ziagen = death

My question concerns why Ziagen (Trizivir) is even on the HIV market since, if someone forgets to take it for a day and then goes back to it because let us say he is not well-informed, it could lead to death. Why would a drug like this be on the...

Response from Brian Conway, M.D.

University of British Columbia

It is correct to say that Ziagen (either given alone or as a component of Trizivir)may have significant side effects. In 3% cases, there can be a hypersensitivity reaction, with fever, rash and other systemic problems. If the Ziagen is contnued,... Read more »

Adding Ziagen

Doctor after about 5 years on crixivan/combivir I was switched to viramue/combivir for about 8 months. I never had a detectable VL until today when I went to the doctor for a routine follow up. VL 275 Ts 852, 30 . The doctor added ziagen and he had...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your question.The addition of abacavir (Ziagen) to a three-drug regimen when one has a low viral load, like you do is called an intensification strategy. This approach is different than when you have a higher viral load (say in the mid-... Read more »

Ziagen plus Atripla?

Dx'd HIV+ 3/07, put on Ziagen and Atripla. My new internist says this is wrong because she says I'll be likely to develop a resistence to all PI's. My HIV dr., a professor of infectious desease at the U. of Chicago, when I told what...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

Sometimes the combinations that are chosen have to be highly individualized, which means that one size does not fit all.First of all. For most people starting out on treatment, atripla alone (which contains 3 drugs) would be adequate. The decision... Read more »

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