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Taking Ritonavir
97 Patients currently take Ritonavir
6 Patients stopped taking Ritonavir
POSITVE20YRS Mental Symptoms: mild Physical Symptoms: mild Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: none VL ? See profile POSITVE20YRS 100mg daily since Oct 01, 2007
toyotaas Mental Symptoms: mild Physical Symptoms: moderate Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: moderate 511 VL 55 See profile toyotaas Norvir, 100mg daily since Jun 06, 2008
FrankieNinja Mental Symptoms: moderate Physical Symptoms: mild Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: moderate 470 VL 864 See profile FrankieNinja Norvir, 100mg daily since Aug 11, 2008

Brand Names: Norvir
Generic Name: Ritonavir

What is Ritonavir? 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. Read more...

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Reasons Taken

103 patients in the community are taking or have taken Ritonavir.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Treat my HIV	83	80%
Other	3	2%
Fatigue	2	1%
Aches and pains	1	<1%
Loss of short term memory	1	<1%
disease-related symptoms	1	<1%
Improve immune function	1	<1%
Support another treatment	1	<1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Ritonavir.

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0 mg day	0 day	1 mg day	1 tbs. day	1 day	2 tbs. day	50 mg day	100 mg day	200 mg day	300 mg day	400 mg day
7	1	1	2	8	1	1	58	12	1	1

Duration

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

Currently taking Ritonavir

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
6	12	10	11	12	18

Stopped taking Ritonavir

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

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ritonavir (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe	2	33%
Expense	1	17%
Personal research	1	17%
Other	1	17%
Course of treatment ended	1	17%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 10 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major	67%	6
Moderate	11%	1
Can't tell	22%	2

Treat my HIV

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	30%	3
Mild	40%	4
None	30%	3

Top reported side-effects include: Diarrhea, Stomach Cramps, agitated fatigue

Summary results are based on 10 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 10)

toyotaas

Mental Symptoms: mild

Physical Symptoms: moderate

Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: moderate

511

VL 55

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by toyotaas
Aug 24, 2008