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What is Nevirapine?

Nevirapine is a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs), used in combination with other medications to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in patients with or without acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Treat my HIV 54 8
Other 3 1
switched from Kaletra because of cortison retention in body and subsequent shut down of natural body production of cortisone 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
2 22%
Mild
1 11%
None
6 67%

Most commonly reported side effects

Flu-like symptoms
1 11%
Fatigue
1 11%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  daily 2 mg daily 50 mg/5 mL daily 3.4 x 50 mg/5 mL daily 200 daily 200 mg daily 200 mg one time 400 mg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 48 Number of Patients: 48  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Nevirapine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
3 60% Side effects too severe: 60%
Doctor's advice
1 20% Doctor's advice: 20%
Other
1 20% Other: 20%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Nevirapine

Currently Taking Nevirapine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
2
4
6
16

Stopped Taking Nevirapine

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
5 56%
Usually
2 22%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
2 22%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 11%
Somewhat
1 11%
A little
1 11%
Not at all
6 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
6 67%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.