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What is Abacavir ABC?

Abacavir is used in combination with other medications to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in patients with or without acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Abacavir is in a class of antiviral medications called nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs).

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) 22 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Increase effect of another treatment 2 0
no 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 1
None
 0

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Abacavir ABC

Insomnia 1
Nausea 1
Dizziness 1
Headaches 1
Lipodystrophy (lipoatrophy or loss of fatty tissue) 1
Tiredness 1
See all 7 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  daily 4 mcg daily 17 mg daily 300 mg daily 600 mg daily 700 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 22 Number of Patients: 22 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Abacavir ABC (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 50%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 13%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 13%
Other 1   Other: 13%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 13%

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Currently Taking Abacavir ABC

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

Stopped Taking Abacavir ABC

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Abacavir ABC

Always
 2 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Abacavir ABC

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 50%
A little
 1 50%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Abacavir ABC

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

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Report created on May 28, 2012.