What Is The Purpose Of Lopinavir And Viread

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An Overview of Viread (Tenofovir)

te-NOE-fo-veer dye soe PROX il --> Brand Name: Viread Other Names: GS-4331-05, PMPA Prodrug, TDF, Tenofovir DF Drug Class: Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors PATIENT INFORMATION VIREAD ® (VEER-ee-ad) (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) tablets and oral powder Read this Patient Information before you start taking VIREAD and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This information does not take the...

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Lopinavir/Tenofovir Side Effects

25 days ago two of my three HIV drugs where changed. I switched from Sustiva (Efavirenz) andVidex (Didanosine) to Kaletra (Lopinavir) and Viread (Tenofovir) and remained on Ziagen (Abacavir). Since I started these new drugs I have had really bad...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Most often the Kaletra would be the culprit. Marinol often is helfpul short term for that. After a month it sometimes settles down. KH... Read more »

A start with stocrin/epivir/viread?

Dear Doc,I'm HIV+ and I'm going to be on my first regime soon since my T-cell count is going down quick lately - around 320 now. My Doc recomended me 1 NNRTI + 2 NRTI; So, Efavirenz (stocrin - named sustiva in the U.S.) + Tenofovir...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your post.The combination of tenofovir (Viread) + 3TC (Epivir) + efavirenz (Stocrin, Sustiva) is a highly recommended and well studied first-line regimen for HIV. This combo is among the preferred initial treatments in the IAS and DHHS... Read more »

Viread - the once a day no side effect drug?

What do you know about this Viread drug that the FDA approved on Friday Oct. 26th.? Does it have to be taken in combination with other drugs, or is it a drug that has three or more drugs in one?...

Response from Cal Cohen, M.D., M.S.

Harvard Medical School

Well, we know something about it. Since it is new, it is worth some review to see what role it can have for readers out there. It is fair to say, as an intro, that there is some excitement about this drug based on what we know now about it.First -... Read more »

Viread - the once a day no side effect drug?

What do you know about this Viread drug that the FDA approved on Friday Oct. 26th.? Does it have to be taken in combination with other drugs, or is it a drug that has three or more drugs in one? ...

Response from Kathleen E. Squires, M.D.

University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine

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Abacavir,viramune,viread

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I'm on day 4 of my new combo Abacavir,viramune,viread, epivir and it totally sucks. I feel lousy all of the time. Is this typical when starting this combo? This is my 4th combo since diagnosis...

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viread

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Does anyone have any experience with viread? I hear it's supposed to be great in terms of side effects, but I want to know if anyone went on it either a switch or new reg and noticed increased lipo or new lipo or hair loss?

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viread

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Has anyone switched or is using viread? If so, how long and any adverse side effects? I've had problems with pretty much all nukes except 3tc and wanted to see if this drug was similar?

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swithching Ziagen to Viread...fatigue

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Im 5 yrs in Ive been taking epivir,ziagen and viramune.
Fatigue bacame an increasingly intolerable issue when I be gan Ziagen.(sorry, at yr. 3 I replaced d4tZerit with Ziagen.My legs were melting away)
Anyway going to try replacing the Ziagen with... Read more »

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