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What is Norvir?

Norvir® is a brand name for 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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Treat my HIV 119 20
Support another treatment 9 1
Improve immune function 5 0
Other 4 1
General health 1 0
Fatigue 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 5%
Moderate
5 25%
Mild
5 25%
None
9 45%

Most commonly reported side effects

Diarrhea
7 35%
Stomach cramps
5 25%
light headed
3 15%
sickness
3 15%
tiredness
2 10%
flatulence
2 10%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  1 daily 1 mg daily 1 tbs. daily 2 tbs. daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 3000 mg daily
  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 91 Number of Patients: 91 28 Number of Patients: 28 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Norvir (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
10 48% Side effects too severe: 48%
Other
6 29% Other: 29%
Expense
3 14% Expense: 14%
Personal research
2 10% Personal research: 10%
Not indicated
1 5% Not indicated: 5%
Doctor's advice
1 5% Doctor's advice: 5%
Course of treatment ended
1 5% Course of treatment ended: 5%
Did not seem to work
1 5% Did not seem to work: 5%

See all 20 patients who’ve stopped taking Norvir

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Norvir

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
5
11
20
17
19

Stopped Taking Norvir

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
17 85%
Usually
3 15%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
5 25%
A little
2 10%
Not at all
13 65%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
2 10%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
3 15%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
10 50%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.