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Taking Ritonavir
63 Patients currently take Ritonavir
2 Patients stopped taking Ritonavir
toyotaas Mental Symptoms: mild Physical Symptoms: mild Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: mild 587 VL < 50 See profile toyotaas Norvir, 100 mg daily since Jun 06, 2008
wanderer42 Mental Symptoms: moderate Physical Symptoms: mild Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: mild 490 VL < 50 See profile wanderer42 Norvir, 100 mg daily since Oct 23, 2006
confettimike Mental Symptoms: moderate Physical Symptoms: mild Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: none 39 VL 1.0M See profile confettimike Norvir, 100 mg daily since Jul 28, 2007

What is Ritonavir? A protease inhibitor used to treat HIV. It is usually used in combination with other antiviral drugs. Protease inhibitors act by blocking protease, a protein that HIV needs to make more copies of itself. Read more...

What we've learned

Why Patients Take Ritonavir

slow my disease's progress	57
Not indicated	3
Aches and pains	1
Fatigue	1
Loss of short term memory	1
Other	1

Patient Dosages


1 mg daily	50 mg daily	100 mg daily	200 mg daily	300 mg daily	400 mg daily	1 tbs. daily	2 tbs. daily	N/A
1	1	27	8	1	1	2	1	22

How Long Current Patients Have Been Taking Ritonavir

< 1 month	> 1 month	> 3 months	> 6 months	> 1 year	> 2 years
3	4	14	11	11	16

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ritonavir (multiple reasons could be selected)

Personal research	1
Doctor's advice	1
Side effects too severe	1
Other	1
Course of treatment ended	1

How Long Patients Took Ritonavir Before Stopping

< 1 month	> 1 month	> 3 months	> 6 months	> 1 year	> 2 years
0	0	0	3	0	1

Average: Ritonavir Ratings

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