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What is 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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) 33 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 1 0
Other 1 0

See all 26 patients currently taking Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 2
Mild
 3
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine

Nausea 3
Abdominal pain 3
Stomach pain 3
Diarrhea 2
Anemia 2
Major Depressive Disorder 1
See all 9 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  daily 2 daily 2 tbs. daily 300 mg-150 mg-300 mg every other week 300 mg-150 mg-300 mg daily 300 mg daily 2 x 300 mg-150 mg-300 mg daily 750 mg daily 800 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 12 Number of Patients: 12 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 31%
Did not seem to work 5   Did not seem to work: 31%
Other 3   Other: 19%
Expense 3   Expense: 19%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 13%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 13%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 6%

See all 15 patients who’ve stopped taking Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine

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Stopped Taking Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine

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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine

Always
 6 60%
Usually
 3 30%
Sometimes
 1 10%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine

Very
 2 20%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 4 40%
Not at all
 4 40%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 20%
$50-99
 2 40%
$25-49
 1 20%
< $25
 1 20%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.