SUSTIVA Reviews (EFAVIRENZ)Average Rating: 2.9 (28 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SUSTIVA with similar:
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RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SUSTIVA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ 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 | 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 |