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3 patient evaluations for Combivir

  • BeeHave
    Mental Symptoms: unreported
    Physical Symptoms: unreported
    Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: unreported
    610
    VL < 50
  • by BeeHave
    Oct 15, 2008
dosage:
600mg daily
time on dosage:
about 4 years
purpose:
Treat my HIV
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  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • AdherenceAlways
  • BurdenNone
  • Treat my HIV
  • Icon_thumb_off 0 helpful marks

  • toyotaas
    Mental Symptoms: mild
    Physical Symptoms: mild
    Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: mild
    511
    VL 55
  • toyotaas
  • by toyotaas
    Aug 24, 2008
dosage:
600mg daily
time on dosage:
about 3 months
purpose:
Treat my HIV
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  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsModerate
  • AdherenceUsually
  • BurdenSlight
  • Treat my HIV
Specific side-effects
Fatigue
Nausea
Diarrhea
Burden
Sometimes I forget to take meds
Cost
less than $25 monthly
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  • young-and-poz
    Mental Symptoms: none
    Physical Symptoms: none
    Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: none
    802
    VL < 50
  • young-and-poz
  • by young-and-poz
    Jul 12, 2007
dosage:
300mg daily
time on dosage:
about 3 months
purpose:
Treat my HIV
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  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsModerate
  • AdherenceAlways
  • BurdenSlight
  • Treat my HIV
Advice/Tips
The first several weeks are hell for side effects, and expect the fatigue to remain with you for some time after starting Combivir. I stopped taking this med because of the side effects, and switched to Atripla, which would be the equivalent of switching this med in my regimen for Truvada. All the gastronomic side-effects, as well as the lethargy & fatigue, disappeared completely.
Specific side-effects
Fatigue
Lethargy
Nausea
Diarrhea
Anhedonia
Burden
Cost and side-effects.
Cost
$200+ monthly
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