SUSTIVA Reviews (EFAVIRENZ)

Average Rating: 2.9 (28 Ratings)

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SUSTIVA  (EFAVIRENZ):  This drug is used with other HIV medications to help control HIV infection. It helps to decrease the amount of HIV in your body so your immune system can work better. This lowers your chance of getting HIV complications (such as new infections, cancer) and improves your quality of life. Efavirenz belongs to a class of drugs known as non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs). Efavirenz is not a cure for HIV infection. To decrease your risk of spreading HIV disease to others, do all of the following: (1) continue to take all HIV medications exactly as prescribed by your doctor, (2) always use an effective barrier method (latex or polyurethane condoms/dental dams) during all sexual activity, and (3) do not share personal items (such as needles/syringes, toothbrushes, and razors) that may have contacted blood or other body fluids. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details.   FDA Approval Date: 1998-09-17 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR SUSTIVACOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 5  hiv None.... if any a slight..... VERY slight sense of feeling "high" but that would only last 1 hour.... (am on sustiva/truvada - the best for me....) After the 4th night of takikng it - i've not had that feeling again, nor have i had any other side affects.. Ironically i was looking forward to some of the lucid dreaming... but i struck out even there.... all in all, i just want to thank the stars for this one, since after only 4 mos, i am undetectable and my cd4s are climbing high.... M 29 1 years
3/2/2006
 5  5 None :) Crixovan was making me sick! Simple to take, lowered VL to under 50, and raised CD4 to 880 now :) M 39 4 years
1/15/2006
 4  hiv+ Taken with Combivir. Drunken, dizzy feeling in thr first month. No nightmares. Occasional anxiety that might not be related to medication. CD4 went from 130 to 400. Hiv virus undetectable. M 46 15 months
11/7/2005
 2  High Viral Load -infected 9mos I've only been on Sustiva for 4 weeks now and the side effects are getting worse. I have to take it twelve hours before work to prevent problems with concentration in the morning. The hang over effect is not pleasant. Most troubling is what happens about 2.5 hours after taking the pill. The room will rock, my ears ring loudly, I feel very intoxicated, and weak. I'm fine during the day. And then around 5pm I get very irritable. I take the pill between 7 and 8 pm. A sleeping pill is very necessary for a full night of rest. I'm hoping this all subsides in a week or two. If not, I'm going to ask to be taken off it. I'd rather take a pill more than once a day than experience this decreased quality of life. Time will tell. I can't imagine what the long term effects are. M 39 4 weeks
5/27/2005
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 3  HIV+; hated Crixivan! Unbelievable nigthmares; drunken/dizzy feeling (which is kinda nice); sleep deprovation. All in all, Sustiva is my drug of choice. I used to take at night and usually had food with it. Just found out that food enables the side effects. Now taking in the morning on an empty stomach and not too bad. I am sleeping better but have a hang over feeling which seems to pass with a good cup of java. M 44 3 years
4/23/2005
 1  Crixivan was causing kidney stones vivid deams, dizziness, unable to concentrate especially while reading or driving, extreme fatigue, tiredness, poison ivy-type rashes, flu-like muscle aches and pains, overall malaise I think these side effects greatly outweigh the so-called convenience of a once-a-day drug. I'd rather suffer the chronic kidney stone attacks. M 54 17 days
10/27/2004
 4  HIV+ Extremely vivid dreams, nightmares for the first month. Rash similar to poison-ivy the 2nd week. M 34 90 days
10/4/2002
 4  hiv+ cd4 120, viral load 500000 now M 2 years
5/3/2002

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