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What is Nevirapine?

Nevirapine is a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs), used in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV-1 infection.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) 76 18 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 2 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Support immune health 1 1 Efficacy_major
Participate in clinical trial 1 1 Efficacy_none

See all 81 patients currently taking Nevirapine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 5
Mild
 5
None
 9

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Nevirapine

Depressed mood 1
Fatigue 1
Malaise 1
Nausea and vomiting 1
Flu like symptoms 1
Diarrhea intermittent 1
See all 11 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  daily 2 mg daily 200 mg weekly 50 mg/5 mL daily 2.8 x 50 mg/5 mL daily 200 mg daily 200 mg one time 200 daily 400 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 16 Number of Patients: 16 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 54 Number of Patients: 54  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Nevirapine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 5   Side effects too severe: 33%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 13%
Expense 2   Expense: 13%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 13%
Other 1   Other: 7%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 7%

See all 12 patients who’ve stopped taking Nevirapine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Nevirapine

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

Stopped Taking Nevirapine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Nevirapine

Always
 16 76%
Usually
 2 10%
Sometimes
 1 5%
Never
 2 10%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Nevirapine

Very
 5 24%
Somewhat
 2 10%
A little
 1 5%
Not at all
 13 62%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Nevirapine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 9%
< $25
 10 91%

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Report created on February 09, 2012.