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Patients

Taking Atripla
190 Patients currently take Atripla
14 Patients stopped taking Atripla
samantha12 Mental Symptoms: mild Physical Symptoms: none Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: none 401 VL < 50 See profile samantha12 600mg daily since Jul 18, 2008
young-and-poz Mental Symptoms: none Physical Symptoms: none Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: none 802 VL < 50 See profile young-and-poz 600mg daily since Jul 12, 2007
belg64 Mental Symptoms: none Physical Symptoms: none Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: none 400 VL < 50 See profile belg64 600mg daily since May 12, 2008

What is Atripla? Atripla is a combination of efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir, three widely used antiretroviral drugs. It is designed to be taken as one tablet once a day. It may be prescribed for use alone as a complete treatment option or in combination with other antiretroviral medications. Read more...

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

Bristol-Myers Squibb's Atripla site

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Reasons Taken

204 patients in the community are taking or have taken Atripla.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Treat my HIV	175	85%
Other	8	3%
Anxiety	1	<1%
Depression	1	<1%
General health	1	<1%
Don't know	1	<1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Atripla.

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0 mg day	0 tbs. day	0 day	1 mg day	1 tbs. day	1 day	10 g day	200 mg day	250 mg day	300 mg day	500 mg day	600 mg day	600 day	800 mg day	1100 mg day	1200 mg day
25	1	11	2	4	15	1	5	1	1	2	99	1	1	5	2

Duration

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

Currently taking Atripla

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
11	14	23	32	40	21

Stopped taking Atripla

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
5	2	2	3	1	1

Why Patients Stopped Taking Atripla (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe	9	64%
Doctor's advice	5	36%
Other	2	14%
Expense	1	7%
Personal research	1	7%
Not indicated	1	7%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 25 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major	68%	17
Moderate	12%	3
Can't tell	20%	5

Treat my HIV

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	20%	5
Moderate	20%	5
Mild	48%	12
None	12%	3

Top reported side-effects include: Vivid dreams, tiredness, Dizziness

Summary results are based on 25 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 25)

young-and-poz

Mental Symptoms: none

Physical Symptoms: none

Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: none

802

VL < 50

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by young-and-poz
Aug 21, 2008

EfficacyMajor
Side-effectsMild

Treat my HIV

Advice/Tips: This medicine should definitely only be taken at night, as the CNS effects can be quite severe, especially when starting it for the first time. They're caused mostly by efavirenz (Sustiva), one of the three drugs included in Atripla. Expect some "hangover" effects if you get less than about six hours of sleep.