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What is Truvada?

Truvada is a combination of two antiretroviral drugs: emtricitabine (Emtriva) and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (tenofovir DF or Viread). Both of these medicines are called nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs).

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Treat my HIV 188 23
Other 7 1
Improve immune function 4 0
Support another treatment 2 0
Don't know 2 0
Fatigue 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 4%
Moderate
5 21%
Mild
6 25%
None
12 50%

Most commonly reported side effects

Diarrhea
10 42%
lack of energy
7 29%
Headaches
5 21%
sickness
2 8%
Nausea
1 4%
Loss of appetite
1 4%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Truvada. See all 18 dosages ►

  daily 1 daily 1 g daily 1 mg daily 1 other daily 1 tbs. daily 2 daily 25 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 245 mg daily 200 mg-300 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 2 x 200 mg-300 mg daily 4 x 200 mg-300 mg daily 8 x 200 mg-300 mg daily
  38 Number of Patients: 38 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14 3 Number of Patients: 3 155 Number of Patients: 155 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Truvada (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
11 41% Doctor's advice: 41%
Other
9 33% Other: 33%
Side effects too severe
4 15% Side effects too severe: 15%
Expense
3 11% Expense: 11%
Course of treatment ended
2 7% Course of treatment ended: 7%
Did not seem to work
1 4% Did not seem to work: 4%
Not indicated
1 4% Not indicated: 4%

See all 25 patients who’ve stopped taking Truvada

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Truvada

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
10
12
29
31
30

Stopped Taking Truvada

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
20 83%
Usually
3 13%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
1 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 4%
Somewhat
1 4%
A little
3 13%
Not at all
19 79%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
1 4%
$50-99
2 8%
$25-49
1 4%
< $25
14 58%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.