What is Efavirenz?
Efavirenz is a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs). Efavirenz is an antiviral medication that prevents human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cells from multiplying in your body. It is generally used in combination with at least two other antiretroviral agents.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treat my HIV | 75 |
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21 | |
| Improve immune function | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| Chills/fever | 1 | 0 | |||||
| General health | 1 |
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1 | ||||
| Don't know | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Side effects too severe
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12 | 35% |
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Doctor's advice
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11 | 32% |
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Other
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11 | 32% |
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Personal research
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3 | 9% |
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Course of treatment ended
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3 | 9% |
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Did not seem to work
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2 | 6% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 3% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- young-and-poz
- Sex: M
- Mental Symptoms: mild
- Physical Symptoms: none
- Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: none
- 633
- VL < 50
- See profile
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- young-and-poz
- 600 mg daily
- since Jul 12, 2007
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Efficacy
Major
for Treat my HIV
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips Be prepared for some vivid dreams (others report that they're quite upsetting or disturbing, though I quite enjoyed them), and night sweats. See full evaluation
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- new2theclub
- Sex: M
- Mental Symptoms: none
- Physical Symptoms: mild
- Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: mild
- 290
- VL < 50
- See profile
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- new2theclub
- 600 mg daily
- since Dec 05, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Treat my HIV
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips The dreams can be weird, but sometime fun! Dreamt in the style of a musical once!! See full evaluation
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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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- woobie
- 600 mg daily
- since Dec 06, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Treat my HIV
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Side Effects
Moderate
- See full evaluation
See all 23 patient evaluations
Report created on November 23, 2009.