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Category: Prescription Drugs
Most Popular Types: Trizivir
Generic Name: Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine
Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine is the combination of three nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) drugs. NRTIs block reverse transcriptase, a protein that HIV needs to make more copies of itself.
| Purpose | # of patients |
# of patients with evaluations
Efficacy
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Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
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| HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) | 30 | 9 |
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| General health | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 0 |
See all 24 patients currently taking Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine
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Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine
| Abdominal pain | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nausea | 3 | |
| Stomach pain | 3 | |
| Diarrhea | 2 | |
| Anemia | 2 | |
| Major Depressive Disorder | 1 | |
| See all 8 reported side effects ▼ | ||
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor's advice | 5 | ||
| Did not seem to work | 5 | ||
| Other | 3 | ||
| Expense | 3 | ||
| Personal research | 2 | ||
| Side effects too severe | 2 | ||
| Course of treatment ended | 1 |
See all 15 patients who’ve stopped taking Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine
Always |
5 | 56% |
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|---|---|---|---|
Usually |
3 | 33% |
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Sometimes |
1 | 11% |
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Never |
0 | 0% |
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Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine
Very |
2 | 22% |
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|---|---|---|---|
Somewhat |
0 | 0% |
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A little |
4 | 44% |
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Not at all |
3 | 33% |
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Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine
$200+ |
0 | 0% |
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|---|---|---|---|
$100-199 |
1 | 25% |
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$50-99 |
2 | 50% |
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$25-49 |
0 | 0% |
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< $25 |
1 | 25% |
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See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Report created on February 11, 2012.