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What is Trizivir? Trizivir is a combination of three antiretroviral drugs: abacavir sulfate (Ziagen), lamivudine (Epivir), and zidovudine (Retrovir). Each of these drugs is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI). NRTIs block reverse transcriptase, a protein that HIV needs to make more copies of itself. Read more...Click to read more below

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

GlaxoSmithKline's Trizivir site


Reasons Taken

21 patients in the community are taking or have taken Trizivir.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Treat my HIV 19 90%
Other 1 4%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Trizivir.

  0 day 2 tbs. day 2 day 300 mg day 600 mg day 750 mg day 800 mg day
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Trizivir or how long patients were taking Trizivir before stopping.

Currently taking Trizivir

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

Stopped taking Trizivir

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
1
1
0
0
4
Why Patients Stopped Taking Trizivir (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 4 50% Doctor's advice: 50%
Did not seem to work 2 25% Did not seem to work: 25%
Personal research 2 25% Personal research: 25%
Side effects too severe 2 25% Side effects too severe: 25%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 4 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 50% 2
Moderate 25% 1
Can't tell 25% 1

Treat my HIV

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 75% 3
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 25% 1
None 0% 0

Top reported side-effects include: nausea, stomach and intestinal pain, Diarrhea, Anemia

Summary results are based on 4 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 4)

  • akwakne
    Mental Symptoms: mild
    Physical Symptoms: mild
    Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: none
    354
    VL 101
    See profile
  • akwakne
  • by akwakne
    Sep 17, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsSevere
  • Treat my HIV
Advice/Tips
If start noticing increase in fatigue consult your doctor for blood tests to check for anemia due due AZT in combination.

  • baltogirl
    Mental Symptoms: mild
    Physical Symptoms: mild
    Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: moderate
    874
    VL < 50
    See profile
  • baltogirl
  • by baltogirl
    Nov 15, 2001
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsSevere
  • Treat my HIV
Advice/Tips
watch your iron level

See all evaluation results for Trizivir



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