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Brand Names: Reyataz

What is Atazanavir? Atazanavir is a protease inhibitor used in combination with other medications to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in patients with or without acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Atazanavir comes as a capsule to take by mouth. It is usually taken once a day with a meal or snack. Read more...Click to read more below

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons Taken

82 patients in the community are taking or have taken Atazanavir.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Treat my HIV 66 89%
Other 3 4%
Loss of short term memory 1 1%
Fatigue 1 1%
disease-related symptoms 1 1%
General health 1 1%
Don't know 1 1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Atazanavir.

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  0 mg day 0 day 1 day 2 tbs. day 3 day 100 mg day 150 mg day 200 mg day 300 mg day 400 mg day 600 mg day
  7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 5 Number of Patients: 5 38 Number of Patients: 38 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Atazanavir or how long patients were taking Atazanavir before stopping.

Currently taking Atazanavir

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
8
6
7
7
14
18

Stopped taking Atazanavir

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
1
0
1
0
Why Patients Stopped Taking Atazanavir (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 1 50% Side effects too severe: 50%
Course of treatment ended 1 50% Course of treatment ended: 50%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 100% 3

Treat my HIV

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 33% 1
Mild 67% 2
None 0% 0

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 3)

  • toyotaas
    Mental Symptoms: mild
    Physical Symptoms: mild
    Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: mild
    511
    VL 55
    See profile
  • toyotaas
  • by toyotaas
    Aug 24, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsModerate
  • Treat my HIV

See all evaluation results for Atazanavir



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