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See also: Tenofovir

What is Truvada? Truvada is a combination of two antiretroviral drugs: emtricitabine (Emtriva) and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (tenofovir DF or Viread). Both of these medicines are called nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs). Read more...Click to read more below

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Gilead Sciences, Inc.'s Truvada site


Reasons Taken

157 patients in the community are taking or have taken Truvada.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Treat my HIV 129 82%
Other 5 3%
Don't know 2 1%
Anxiety 2 1%
General health 1 <1%
disease-related symptoms 1 <1%
Improve immune function 1 <1%
Fatigue 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Truvada.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show Top 10)

  0 mg day 0 tbs. day 0 day 1 g day 1 mg day 1 tbs. day 1 day 2 day 25 mg day 100 mg day 200 mg day 245 mg day 300 mg day 400 mg day 500 mg day 1200 mg day
  31 Number of Patients: 31 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 11 Number of Patients: 11 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 15 Number of Patients: 15 3 Number of Patients: 3 61 Number of Patients: 61 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Truvada or how long patients were taking Truvada before stopping.

Currently taking Truvada

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
6
16
20
20
19
33

Stopped taking Truvada

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
0
0
1
5
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Truvada (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 4 33% Doctor's advice: 33%
Other 4 33% Other: 33%
Side effects too severe 2 17% Side effects too severe: 17%
Expense 1 8% Expense: 8%
Personal research 1 8% Personal research: 8%
Not indicated 1 8% Not indicated: 8%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 9 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 89% 8
Can't tell 11% 1

Treat my HIV

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 22% 2
Mild 22% 2
None 56% 5

Top reported side-effects include: Diarrhoea, lack of energy, Headache

Summary results are based on 9 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 9)

  • TabithaSimmions
    Mental Symptoms: mild
    Physical Symptoms: mild
    Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: moderate
    377
    VL ?
    See profile
  • TabithaSimmions
  • by TabithaSimmions
    Aug 23, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Treat my HIV

  • ukwildcat
    Mental Symptoms: moderate
    Physical Symptoms: moderate
    Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: severe
    674
    VL 102
    See profile
  • by ukwildcat
    Oct 22, 2008
  • EfficacyCan't tell
  • Side-effectsModerate
  • Treat my HIV

See all evaluation results for Truvada



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