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Brand Names:
Reyataz
Generic Name: Atazanavir
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.
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See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Reasons Taken
99 patients in the community are taking or have taken Atazanavir.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Treat my HIV | 82 | 82% |
| Other | 3 | 3% |
| Loss of short term memory | 1 | 1% |
| Fatigue | 1 | 1% |
| disease-related symptoms | 1 | 1% |
| General health | 1 | 1% |
| Improve immune function | 1 | 1% |
| Don't know | 1 | 1% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Atazanavir or how long patients were taking Atazanavir before stopping.
Currently taking Atazanavir
Stopped taking Atazanavir
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 11 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 70% | 7 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 20% | 2 |
| Slight | 10% | 1 |
Treat my HIV
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 9% | 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 9% | 1 |
| Mild | 36% | 4 |
| None | 45% | 5 |
Top reported side-effects include: Stomach Cramps, Diarrhea
Summary results are based on 11 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 11)
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- akwakne
- Mental Symptoms: mild
- Physical Symptoms: mild
- Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: none
- 354
- VL 101
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by akwakne
Sep 14, 2004
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsModerate
- Treat my HIV
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- AmunRa65
- Mental Symptoms: none
- Physical Symptoms: mild
- Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: mild
- 430
- VL 6.2M
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by AmunRa65
Oct 10, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Improve immune function
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks