HIV Flashcards
3 primary modes of HIV transmission
Sexual
Parenteral (needles)
Perinatal (mother/baby)
Ways to limit risk of transmission
Condoms/safe sex no needle sharing screen blood for contamination HIV treatment during pregnancy do not breastfeed after delivery if safe alternatives are available
Treatment goals of antiretroviral therapy
Maximally and durably suppress viral replication Avoid development of drug resistance Restore and preserve immune function Prevent opportunistic infections Minimize drug adverse effects
HIV RNA
quantifies viremia, helps to monitor disease progression and treatment effectiveness.
Monitor at baseline, after therapy changes, and every 3-4 months
CD4 lymphocyte count
Measures how far the HIV infection has progressed
Measures CD4%, because absolute can vary
Helps decide when to initiate treatment
Should be monitored at diagnosis and every 3-6 months
Indications to start antiretroviral therapy
Any AIDS-defining illness
CD4 count 500, initiation is encouraged
Pregnancy
Treating Hep B Co-infections
Antiretroviral therapy guidelines
Therapy should contain at least 3 drugs in a combination of an NNRTI or a retonavir-boosted PI with two NRTIs or NtRTIs.
3 combo therapy recommendations for treatment-naive patients
NNRTI (efavirenz) + 2 NRTIs (tenofovir + emtricitabine)
Ritonavir-boosted PI (atazanavir+ritonavir or darunavir+ritonavir) + 2 NRTIs (Tenofovir+emtricitabine
Integrase inhibitor (raltegravir) + 2 NRTIs (tenofovir+emtricitabine)
What should be done prior to selecting a new antiretroviral regimen once the patient has failed the original treatment?
Comprehensive review of patient’s severity of disease
Antiretroviral treatment history
Adherence to therapy
intolerance or toxicity
concomitant drug therapies
comorbidities
results of current and past HIV resistance testing
Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTI) MOA
Prevents conversion of RNA to DNA by inhibiting reverse transcriptase
NRTI drugs
Ziagen - abacavir (ABC) Emtriva - emtricitabine (FTC) Epivir - lamivudine (3TC) Viread - tenofovir (TDF) Retrovir - zidovudine (AZT, ZDV)
NRTI class ADRs
Lactic acidosis/hepatic steatosis
pancreatitis - discontinue HAART and treat
Lipodistrophy (only seen with tesamorelin/Egrifta)
Ziagen/abacavir-specific BBW
Serious, sometimes fatal hypersensitivity reaction!! - test patients for HLA-B*5701 allele. If positive, pt has 70% likelihood of having a reaction
NRTI Class general BBWs
Lactic acidosis
Acute, severe exacerbations of HBV following discontinuation of HAART, do not use in pts with concomitant HBV
Retrovir/zidofudine-specific BBWs
hematologic toxicity (neutropenia and severe anemia) mypoathy with prolonged use
Which NRTI’s should be used with caution in patients with hepatic impairment?
Ziagen/abacavir
Viread/tenofovir
Retrovir/zidovudine
Which NRTIs should be used with caution in patients with renal impairment
Emtriva/emtricitabine
Epivir/lamivudine
Viread/tenofovir
Retrovir/zidovudine
Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor (NNRTI) MOA
binds to reverse transcriptase, blocking DNA polymerase activities including replication
NNRTI Class ADRs
Rash including SJS Drug interactions (3A4 is major!! also 2C19 and 2C9)