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What is Atazanavir?

Atazanavir is a protease inhibitor used in combination with other medications to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in patients with or without acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Atazanavir comes as a capsule to take by mouth. It is usually taken once a day with a meal or snack.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Treat my HIV 113 23
Other 3 0
General health 3 1
Don't know 1 0
Fatigue 1 0
Improve immune function 1 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 4%
Moderate
3 12%
Mild
6 24%
None
15 60%

Most commonly reported side effects

Diarrhea
4 16%
Stomach cramps
4 16%
Fatigue
3 12%
Headaches
2 8%
yellow eyes
2 8%
Jaundice
2 8%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

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

  daily 1 daily 2 tbs. daily 3 daily 100 mg daily 100 mg one time 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 600 mg daily 9000 mg daily
  7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 19 Number of Patients: 19 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 8 Number of Patients: 8 68 Number of Patients: 68 23 Number of Patients: 23 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Atazanavir (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
9 45% Side effects too severe: 45%
Other
4 20% Other: 20%
Expense
2 10% Expense: 10%
Doctor's advice
2 10% Doctor's advice: 10%
Course of treatment ended
1 5% Course of treatment ended: 5%
Not indicated
1 5% Not indicated: 5%

See all 17 patients who’ve stopped taking Atazanavir

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Atazanavir

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
2
5
10
23
26

Stopped Taking Atazanavir

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
23 92%
Usually
1 4%
Sometimes
1 4%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 4%
A little
4 16%
Not at all
20 80%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
3 12%
$25-49
3 12%
< $25
10 40%

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

Report created on November 20, 2009.