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What is Ritonavir?

Ritonavir is a protease inhibitor used to treat HIV. It is usually used in combination with other antiviral drugs. Protease inhibitors act by blocking protease, a protein that HIV needs to make more copies of itself.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Treat my HIV 144 28
Support another treatment 9 1
Improve immune function 6 0
Other 5 2
Fatigue 2 0
Aches and pains 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
2 7%
Moderate
6 21%
Mild
9 32%
None
11 39%

Most commonly reported side effects

Diarrhea
9 32%
Stomach cramps
6 21%
flatulence
5 18%
light headed
3 11%
sickness
3 11%
Cholesterol high
2 7%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Ritonavir. See all 12 dosages ►

  daily 1 daily 1 mg daily 1 tbs. daily 2 tbs. daily 100 mg monthly 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 3000 mg daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 8 Number of Patients: 8 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 125 Number of Patients: 125 40 Number of Patients: 40 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ritonavir (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
11 48% Side effects too severe: 48%
Other
7 30% Other: 30%
Expense
3 13% Expense: 13%
Personal research
2 9% Personal research: 9%
Not indicated
1 4% Not indicated: 4%
Doctor's advice
1 4% Doctor's advice: 4%
Course of treatment ended
1 4% Course of treatment ended: 4%
Did not seem to work
1 4% Did not seem to work: 4%

See all 22 patients who’ve stopped taking Ritonavir

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Ritonavir

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
5
11
26
26
27

Stopped Taking Ritonavir

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
3
4
6
5
2

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
24 86%
Usually
3 11%
Sometimes
1 4%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
5 18%
A little
8 29%
Not at all
15 54%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
2 7%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
3 11%
$25-49
3 11%
< $25
14 50%

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Report created on November 20, 2009.