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What is Ritonavir?

Ritonavir, a protease inhibitor is used for the treatment of HIV infection; should always be used as part of a multidrug regimen (at least three antiretroviral agents); may be used as a pharmacokinetic "booster" for other protease inhibitors

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) 222 59 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Increase effect of another treatment 12 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 8 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Support immune health 8 1 Efficacy_major
Fatigue 2 0
Pain 1 0

See all 247 patients currently taking Ritonavir

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 9
Mild
 20
None
 29

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Ritonavir

Diarrhea 10
Flatulence 5
Cramps in stomach 5
Tiredness 3
Sickness 3
Lightheadedness 3
See all 17 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Ritonavir. See all 13 dosages ►

  daily 1 daily 1 tbs. daily 1 mg daily 100 mg monthly 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 170 Number of Patients: 170 49 Number of Patients: 49 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ritonavir (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 13   Side effects too severe: 30%
Doctor's advice 12   Doctor's advice: 27%
Other 11   Other: 25%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 9%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 7%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 7%
Expense 2   Expense: 5%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 5%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 2%

See all 43 patients who’ve stopped taking Ritonavir

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Ritonavir

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

Stopped Taking Ritonavir

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Ritonavir

Always
 53 85%
Usually
 5 8%
Sometimes
 2 3%
Never
 2 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Ritonavir

Very
 2 3%
Somewhat
 8 13%
A little
 13 21%
Not at all
 39 63%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Ritonavir

$200+
 3 6%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 6 13%
$25-49
 4 9%
< $25
 34 72%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.