Lamivudine and zidovudine
Common Questions and Answers about Lamivudine and zidovudine
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I am eating zidovudine and lamivudine !and I am a smoker so i just wanna know smoke will influence medicine or not?
1 - would PEP be effective even if the source has a high viral load?
2 - After the 28 days, can I drink alcohol?
Thank you very much in advance, I am quite distressed about it.
I would like to know the long term toxic side effects of Lamivudine 150mg and zidovudine 300mg tablet which is taken as a PEP for 28 days.
When I realized of him diagnosis, I went to a doctor who gave me profilaxis about 18 hours post-exposure with lamivudine-zidovudine. At 24 hours post-exposure, I received Efavirenz, but at 36 hours post-exposure my regimen was changed with ritonavir-lopinavir. My question is : What is my overall risk of acquiring HIV, taking in consideration all that I have described above?.
Thank you very much in advance.
I performed oral sex on a guy that I later found out has HIV. I certainly swallowed a bit of his cum during the oral sex and the next day discovered he is taking Atripla (medicine for hiv treatment which is said to reduce the viral load to undectable in most cases).
I freaked out and bought lamivudine/zidovudine 150/300mg as a preventive measure (I'm travelling so that was my option). What are my risks? Am I overreacting?
my regimen was Zidovudine+Lamivudine+Aluvia, i mean, i missed one dose of Zidovudine+Lamivudine+Aluvia...you mean I should add one dose more on the end?
Dear Doctor
I am straight male 28 years old. On may 20, I had one possible exposure with involve with broken condom with KTV girl in Cambodia. I asked the girl about her HIV status she replied to me, "I want you feel scary for couple months". I told my friend about incident then he went to ask the girl to test and it came back negative. 12 hours after incident I was prescribed PEP for a month.
at the 14th hour of that exposure i started PEP with zidovudine and lamivudine. on 15th day of PEP course, i missed two doses and then completed in 28 days. on 10th week of exposure i made a test with hiv1/2 strip with my finger pricked blood and it shows negative. 1)is there any possibility that the test may become positive after 10th week.
2)should i use venous blood only or capillary blood also reliable.
I immediately washed my penis with water and asked the girl about HIV status She said she used to have HIV testing every month and she was HIV negetive on the last test(10 days) back. No rashes on ore genitals.
I even started PEP (2 drugs) after talking to doc i.e.
combivir is adeqaute depending on your risk, most doctors prescribe this, it is the standard regimen, it consists of 2 drugs, lamivudine and zidovudine. PEp is a combination of 2 or 3 drugs which can reduce the chances of hiv infection by up to 85%. If you want more u can get more, but in most low risk encounters like yours combivir works just fine.
t trust him so i reffered to an STI clinic and doctor prescribed PEP for me. drugs were consist of zidovudine + lamivudine that i should have take twice a day. i should say that i started my PEP after 60 hours post probable exposure. after 5 days taking the pills i experienced fatigue and dizziness and discomfort so that i couldn't tolerate people around. it faded after 1.
m a 26 yr old male and had a supposed exposure to HIV (insertive vaginal sex) on January 4, 2008. Following which I had started with PEP, Zidovudine 300 mg + Lamivudine 150 mg, for 6 weeks. The PEP started within 36 - 48 hours of exposure. Since, I couldn't afford to the expensive PCR tests, I decided to wait for 3 months after completion of PEP to go for an ELISA test. Today, June 17, 2008 I had given the sample for testing and will have the results by tomorrow.
I saw a dr and he put me on a regimen of pep due to the risk of hiv in the phillipino sex worker population. This regimens is lamivudine/zidovudine. After reading through these forums I am concerned that I am using pep when it isn't needed. I have been on this for two weeks so far. Should I stop or continue the pep? Was pep warranted? Could the reasons listed make me a higher risk. Anyone's help is appreciated.
I was concerned so started PEP within 42 hours of the incident and plan to complete the 4 weeks. The PEP program is a combination of Lamivudine/zidovudine.
Realistically, what is the probability of contracting HIV on the basis of less than 10 second contact with normal vaginal secretions? She did not have any herpes or other lesions. I have tested negative for other STD's.
Please advise. When and what tests should i do to check for HIV.
I searched internet and found that a combination of zidovudine 300mg and lamivudine twice daily is used for PEP. Three days later (around 80 hours by that time) I anyway started taking this medicine. After two and a half day of taking medicine, I started feeling uncomfortable (I guess the side effects) and out of frustration went for lab test this was on the seventh day after th exposure. I tested negative. But I know that window period may be much longer. I am very much worried.
s assume that my PEP treatment was needed. Currently I am taking lamivudine zidovudine teva tablets - lamivudine (150 mg) and zidovudine (300 mg). I started the treatment 29 hours post-exposure.
Is this a good treatment?
How efficient will this treatment be in preventing a possible HIV infection?
Thank you...
it has been post 36hrs of exposure and i am planning to take a pep called zidolam--lamivudine 150 mg, zidovudine 300 mg. what are my chances of it being helpful, the escort i have spoken to who has told me she has been tested a month before(my paranoia here causes disbelief) and assures me she is clean! i have spoken to her madam as well who tried to reassure me to saying they take immense care+again i cannot believe this.
2. what are my chances of contracting hiv given the above?...
150mg lamivudine+300mg zidovudine. Last question to close this topic. can I assume chances came close to zero considering the aformentioned episode combined to PEP treatment?
Doctor recommended lamivudine in January. Took lamivudine and by June 2010, viral load was undetected. have read in many forums that lam is not the best, approached my doctor with this concern and she sugessted tenofovir. Should i start tenofovir immediately, how should i start. Should i just abruptly stop lam and move on to tenofovir, should i use both and gradually stop lam after a few day/weeks. No other options here. Nigeria (Africa), so i cannot combo with other drugs.
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