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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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Treat my HIV 92 19
Anxiety 2 0
Swollen glands 2 0
Headaches 1 0
lower risk of transmission to unborn child 1 0
Pregnancy 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
6 32%
Mild
7 37%
None
6 32%

Most commonly reported side effects

Diarrhea
12 63%
tiredness
7 37%
Decreased appetite
2 11%
Metallic taste in mouth
2 11%
Headaches
1 5%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Kaletra. See all 22 dosages ►

  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
  1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 10 Number of Patients: 10 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 35 Number of Patients: 35 9 Number of Patients: 9 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Kaletra (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
12 43% Side effects too severe: 43%
Doctor's advice
8 29% Doctor's advice: 29%
Other
4 14% Other: 14%
Course of treatment ended
4 14% Course of treatment ended: 14%
Did not seem to work
2 7% Did not seem to work: 7%
Expense
1 4% Expense: 4%

See all 24 patients who’ve stopped taking Kaletra

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Kaletra

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
0
12
9
22

Stopped Taking Kaletra

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
2
5
7
8

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
18 95%
Usually
1 5%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 5%
Somewhat
5 26%
A little
3 16%
Not at all
10 53%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
2 11%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 5%
$25-49
4 21%
< $25
8 42%

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Report created on November 20, 2009.