Antiviral class
Trade name (generic name)
Reverse transcriptase (RT)
inhibitors
Combivir (lamivudine and zidovudine)
Emtriva (emtricitabine, FTC)
Epivir (lamivudine, 3TC)
Epzicom (abacavir and lamivudine)
Retrovir (zidovudine, AZT or ZDV)
Trizivir (abacavir, zidovudine, and
lamivudine)
Truvada (tenofovir and emtricitabine)
Videx (didanosine, ddI)
Viread (tenofovir, TDF)
Zerit (stavudine, d4T)
Ziagen (abacavir, ABC)
Non-NRTIs
Edurant (rilpivirine)
Intelence (etravirine)
Rescriptor (delavirdine, DLV)
Sustiva (efavirenz, EFV)
Viramune (nevirapine, NVP)
Aptivus (tipranavir, TPV)
Crixivan (indinavir, IDV)
Invirase (saquinavir, SQV)
Kaletra (lopinavir and ritonavir, LPV/RTV)
Lexiva (fosamprenavir, FOS-APV)
Norvir (ritonavir, RTV)
Prezista (darunavir)
Reyataz (atazanavir, ATV)
Viracept (nelfinavir, NFV)
Selzentry (maraviroc)
Fuzeon (enfuvirtide) b
Isentress (raltegravir)
Tivicay (dolutegravir)
Vitekta (elvitegravir)
Protease inhibitors (PIs)
Entry inhibitors
Fusion inhibitors
Integrase inhibitors
a Multiclass
combination medications include Atripla (efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir); Complera
(emtricitabine, rilpivirine, and tenofovir), Evotaz (atazanavir, cobicistat), Prezcobix (cobicistat, darunavir),
Stribilid (elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir), Truvada (tenofovir, emtricitabine).
b Administered subcutaneously.
Antiretroviral drugs currently approved by Food and Drug Administration and marketed in the United
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Trade names are listed first, as patients and their families will more commonly recognize these names.
e-TABLE 94.28
ADVERSE EFFECTS OF DRUGS USED IN TREATING HUMAN
IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION, PREVENTING
OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS, AND IN TREATING COMMONLY
ACQUIRED INFECTIONS*
Adverse effect
Drug(s)
Dermatitis
Abacavir, atovaquone, dapsone, delavirdine, efavirenz,
enfuvirtide (nodules at injection site), maraviroc,
nevirapine, primaquine, pyrimethamine, raltegravir,
ribavirin, sulfadiazine, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole,
voriconazole
Diarrhea
Atovaquone, didanosine, clindamycin, isoniazid
(suspension form only, which is sorbitol based),
nelfinavir, ritonavir, lopinavir/ritonavir, tenofovir
Hepatotoxicity
Atovaquone, azithromycin, clarithromycin, darunavir,
fluconazole, isoniazid, itraconazole, ketoconazole,
pyrazinamide, rifabutin, rifampin, rilpirivine,
trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, voriconazole, most
antiretrovirals; hepatic failure can be seen with
nevirapine. Tenofovir associated with severe lactic
acidosis.
Hypersensitivity
Abacavir, delavirdine, dolutegravir, etravirine, all protease
reaction
inhibitors (atazanavir, darunavir, fosamprenavir,
indinavir, lopinavir, nelfinavir, ritonavir, saquinavir,
tipranavir), rilpiridine
Lipodystrophy
All protease inhibitors (atazanavir, darunavir,
fosamprenavir, indinavir, lopinavir, nelfinavir, ritonavir,
saquinavir, tipranavir), delavirdine, etravirine,
rilpirivine
Musculoskeletal
All integrase strand transfer inhibitors (dolutegravir,
pain
enfuvirtide, raltegravir), tenofovir
Myelosuppression Amphotericin B, cidofovir, dapsone, enfuvirtide,
foscarnet, flucytosine, ganciclovir, hydroxyurea,
interferon alpha, linezolid, peginterferon-alpha
pyrimethamine, rifabutin, ribavirin, sulfadiazine,
trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, trimetrexate,
valganciclovir, zidovudine
Nephrotoxicity
Neuropathy
Acyclovir, adefovir, amphotericin B, cidofovir, foscarnet,
indinavir, pentamidine, tenofovir
Didanosine, isoniazid, linezolid, stavudine, zalcitabine