HIV drugs Flashcards
Antiretroviral therapy reccommended in CD4 count
less than 350 cells/mm3
CD4
CMV/MAC
CD4
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP)
Bactrim DS - daily or 3/day
CD4
Toxoplasmosis
positive serology – Bactrim daily
Nevirapine requires
gender
pretreatment CD4 count
don’t start if CD4 count:
females > 250
males >400
what is the ADR seen with nevirapine
high levels of liver toxicity
who has higher risk of liver toxicity with nevirapine
males
Abacavir requires
allergy screening with HLA B*5701
Co-morbities of therapy
TB, pregancy
Atripla
efavirenz, emitricitabine, tenofovir
1 tab daily, preferably QHS and empty stomach
Complera
rilpivirine, emitricitabine, tenofovir
1 tab daily
watch if high viral load > 100 K viral load
Stribild
“Quad Pill”: Elvitegravir, Cobicistat, emitricitabine, tenofovir
1 tab daily: treatment naiive ptns
Cobicistat
Booster
- always in combo
- no antiviral activity
inh cyt p450 3A
Cobicistat
Cobicistat enhances
atazanavir
darunavir
Cobicistat utilized with
Elvitegravir
what are common in Atripla, complera, stribild
emitricitabine, tenofovir
number 1 cause of chronic renal failure in HIV ptns
nephropathy
Nevirapine requires
gender
pretreatment CD4 count
females > 250
males >400
who has higher risk of liver toxicity with nevirapine
males
Abacavir requires
allergy screening with HLA B*5701
Co-morbities of therapy
TB, pregancy
What is affected by food
NRTI
- didanosine - acidity
- zidovudine - high fat meal
Protease inhibitor
Complera
rilpivirine, emitricitabine, tenofovir
1 tab daily
watch if high viral load > 100 K viral load
Stribild
“Quad Pill”: Elvitegravir, Cobicistat, emitricitabine, tenofovir
1 tab daily: treatment naiive ptns
Cobicistat
Booster
- always in combo
- no antiviral activity
inh cyt p450 3A
Cobicistat
Cobicistat enhances
atazanavir
darunavir
Cobicistat utilized with
Elvitegravir
what are common in Atripla, complera, stribild
emitricitabine, tenofovir
CCR5 antagonist
- restricted to CCR5 tropic virus
Fusion inhibitor
binds heptad repeat in gp41
Injection site irritation: nodules, erythema
SQ INJ