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Kaletra Treatment Report
What is Kaletra? The combination of lopinavir and ritonavir is used with other antiviral medications to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Lopinavir is a protease inhibitor. Ritonavir increases the amount of lopinavir in the body so it works better.
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Reasons taken
135 patients in the community are taking or have taken Kaletra.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
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| Treat my HIV | 91 | 67% |
| Anxiety | 1 | <1% |
| General health | 1 | <1% |
| Pregnancy | 1 | <1% |
| lower risk of transmission to unborn child | 1 | <1% |
| Headaches | 1 | <1% |
| Swollen glands | 1 | <1% |
| Improve immune function | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
Other treatments patients are taking for Treat my HIV include Efavirenz-Emtricitabine-Tenofovir, Emtricitabine-Tenofovir, and Ritonavir.
| 4 x 200 mg-50 mg all the time (24/7) | daily | 1 mg daily | 50 mg daily | 133.3 mg-33.3 mg daily | 133.3 mg-33.3 mg one time | 150 mg daily | 200 g daily | 200 mg-50 mg daily | 200 mg daily | 2 x 133.3 mg-33.3 mg daily | 2 x 200 mg-50 mg daily | 400 mg daily | 500 mg daily | 4 x 133.3 mg-33.3 mg daily | 600 mg daily | 2 x 400 mg-100 mg/5 mL daily | 4 x 200 mg-50 mg daily | 800 mg daily | 6 x 200 mg-50 mg daily | 1600 mg daily | 1800 mg daily | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Kaletra or how long patients were taking Kaletra before stopping.
Currently Taking Kaletra
Stopped Taking Kaletra
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 19 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 89% | 17 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 5% | 1 |
| Can't tell | 5% | 1 |
Treat my HIV
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 32% | 6 |
| Mild | 37% | 7 |
| None | 32% | 6 |
Top reported side-effects include: Diarrhea, tiredness, supressed appetite
Summary results are based on 19 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 19)
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- baltogirl
- Sex: F
- Mental Symptoms: none
- Physical Symptoms: mild
- Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: moderate
- 714
- VL < 50
- See profile
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by baltogirl
Sep 15, 2004
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Treat my HIV
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- woobie
- Sex: F
- Mental Symptoms: mild
- Physical Symptoms: mild
- Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: severe
- 513
- VL < 50
- See profile
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by woobie
Dec 06, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsModerate
- Treat my HIV
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 07, 2009.