Sunday, October 25, 2009

How much medication does an average hiv sufferer take on average per week?

information needed for a comparitive ad campaign promoting a hiv vacine for a college project. i'd like to be able to quantify the amount of pills taken over the duration of a hiv sufferers life and contrast it with the one imunization injection.
Answer:
Hi there,With the developments that have been made with drug companies combining more than one drug into a single pill or tablet has helped reduce drastically the pill load. The actual amount varies according to what drugs the person is taking.
Here is a listing of the current medications that require more than one drug and or are a combination of drugs:Drugs that now require fewer pills
(officially approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
Listing Format: Drug, Before, Now Epivir庐 (lamivudine, 3TC), 2 pills a day, 1 pill a day
Kaletra庐 (lopinavir/ritonavir), 6 pills a day, 4 pills a day*
Rescriptor庐 (delavirdine),12 pills a day, 6 pills a day
Retrovir庐 (zidovudine; AZT), 6 pills a day, 2 pills a day
Sustiva庐 (efavirenz), 3 pills a day, 1 pill a day
Videx %26 Videx庐 EC (didanosine; ddI), 4 pills a day ,1 pill a day
Viracept庐 (nelfinavir), 10 pills a day, 4 pills a day Medications Containing More Than One Drug
Drugs used individually, # pills a day, Combination Name, # pills a day: Lopinavir %26 Norvir庐 (ritonavir), N/A, Kaletra庐, 4
Retrovir庐 (AZT) %26 Epivir庐 (3TC), 4, Combivir庐, 2
Retrovir庐 (AZT), Epivir庐 (3TC), %26 Ziagen庐 (abacavir), 6 Trizivir庐, 2
Sustiva庐 (efavirenz), Viread庐 (tenofovir DF), %26 Emtriva庐 (emtricitabine), 3, Atripla鈩?1
Ziagen庐 (abacavir) %26 Epivir庐 (3TC), 3, Epzicom鈩? 1
Viread庐 (tenofovir DF) %26 Emtriva庐 (emtricitabine), 2, Truvada庐, 1 Fuzeon (an injection drug) presently requires two injections per day. Researchers are trying to either manufacture Fuzeon so that only one injection per day is necessary as well they are trying to develop needle free injection equipment. Lastly there are some medications that are once a day doses:Atripla鈩?(Sustiva庐 + Viread庐 + Emtriva庐)
Lexiva庐 (fosamprenavir), combined with Norvir庐 (ritonavir) -- only for HIV-positive people starting a protease inhibitor for the first time.
Kaletra庐 (lopinavir/ritonavir) -- only for HIV-positive people starting anti-HIV treatment for the first time.
Reyataz庐 (atazanavir)
Sustiva庐 (efavirenz)
Epivir庐 (lamivudine)
Emtriva庐 (emtricitabine)
Videx庐 EC (didanosine)
Viread庐 (tenofovir DF)
Ziagen庐 (abacavir)
Epzicom鈩?(Ziagen庐 + Epivir庐)
Truvada庐 (Viread庐 + Emtriva庐)Here's a look at some of the possible once-daily regimens (these are just examples; a number of once-daily combinations are now possible):Atripla (Sustiva + Viread + Emtriva)* (1 pill once a day)

Reyataz (300mg) + Norvir (100mg) + Truvada (300mg Viread + 200mg Emtriva)* (3 pills once a day)* These regimens are listed as a preferred combinations of drugs for HIV-positive people starting anti-HIV treatment for the first time by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.Kaletra + Epzicom (600mg Ziagen + 300mg Epivir) (5 pills once a day)

Meself, I take 4 pills a day: Atazanavir x2 in the morning; Kivexa x1 + Tenofovir x1 in the pm.Hope this helps.Cheers.
i have a friend that has hiv and she takes 4 pills a day.
it has not been quantified due to the conditions of taking said pills. but i know personally that they take alot. my uncle has like twenty pills to take; but he stopped taking some cause of the sideeffects and all
Depends on the combination they are on. I take 2 pills twice per day. Not so bad.

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