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What is Tenofovir?

Tenofovir is an antiviral medication (a reverse transcriptase inhibitor). It is used in combination with other antiviral drugs to treat HIV in persons with AIDS. The combination antiretroviral products Atripla and Truvada both contain tenofovir.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Treat my HIV 48 6
Support another treatment 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 17%
Mild
0 0%
None
5 83%

Most commonly reported side effects

Kidney insult
1 17%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  daily 1 daily 1 tbs. daily 100 mg daily 250 mg daily 300 mg daily 300 mg one time 600 mg daily 900 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 47 Number of Patients: 47 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Tenofovir (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
5 63% Side effects too severe: 63%
Doctor's advice
3 38% Doctor's advice: 38%
Course of treatment ended
2 25% Course of treatment ended: 25%
Expense
1 13% Expense: 13%

See all 8 patients who’ve stopped taking Tenofovir

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Tenofovir

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
0
7
7
10

Stopped Taking Tenofovir

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
5 83%
Usually
1 17%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
6 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
1 17%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 17%
< $25
2 33%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.