A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Treatment for People Living with HIV
Appendix B: Common HIV drugs available in Canada for adults
Complete treatment fixed-dose combination tablets |
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Brand name (generic name) |
Dosage strength |
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Dosage schedule |
Food requirements |
Atripla |
600 mg / 200 mg / 300 mg |
|
One tablet once daily |
Take on an empty stomach |
Complera |
300 mg / 200 mg / 25 mg |
|
One tablet once daily |
Take with food |
Genvoya |
150 mg / 150 mg / 10 mg / 200 mg |
|
One tablet once daily |
Take with food |
Stribild |
150 mg / 150 mg / 300 mg / 200 mg |
|
One tablet once daily |
Take with food |
Triumeq |
50 mg / 600 mg / 300 mg |
|
One tablet once daily |
No food restrictions |
Trizivir |
300 mg / 150 mg / 300 mg |
|
One tablet twice daily |
No food restrictions |
Other combination tablets |
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Brand name (generic name) |
Dosage strength |
|
Dosage schedule |
Food requirements |
Combivir |
300 mg / 150 mg |
|
One tablet twice daily |
No food restrictions |
Auro-lamivudine/ |
300 mg / 150 mg |
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Teva-lamivudine/ |
300 mg / 150 mg |
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Kivexa |
300 mg / 600 mg |
|
One tablet once daily |
No food restrictions |
Prezcobix |
800 mg / 150 mg |
|
One tablet once daily |
Take with food |
Truvada |
200 mg / 300 mg |
|
One tablet once daily |
No food restrictions |
Co-receptor inhibitor |
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Brand name (generic name) |
Dosage strength |
|
Dosage schedule |
Food requirements |
Celsentri |
300 mg |
|
One tablet twice daily |
No food restrictions |
150 mg |
|
Two tablets twice daily |
Fusion inhibitor |
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Brand name (generic name) |
Dosage strength |
|
Dosage schedule |
Food requirements |
Fuzeon |
90 mg |
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One injection twice daily |
No food restrictions |
Integrase inhibitors |
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Brand name (generic name) |
Dosage strength |
|
Dosage schedule |
Food requirements |
Isentress |
400 mg |
|
One tablet twice daily |
No food restrictions |
Tivicay |
50 mg |
|
One tablet once daily OR twice daily |
No food restrictions |
Non-nukes (NNRTIs) |
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Brand name (generic name) |
Dosage strength |
|
Dosage schedule |
Food requirements |
Edurant |
25 mg |
|
One tablet once daily |
Take with food |
Intelence |
100 mg |
|
Two tablets twice daily |
Take with food |
200 mg |
|
One tablet twice daily |
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Rescriptor |
100 mg |
|
Four tablets three times daily |
No food restrictions |
Sustiva |
600 mg |
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One tablet once daily |
Take on an empty stomach |
200 mg |
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Three capsules once daily |
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Auro-efavirenz |
600 mg |
|
One tablet once daily |
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Viramune* |
200 mg |
Image not available |
One tablet twice daily |
No food restrictions |
ViramuneXR |
400 mg |
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One tablet once daily |
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Auro-nevirapine |
200 mg |
|
One tablet twice daily |
Nukes (nucleoside and nucleotide analogues, or NRTIs) |
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Brand name (generic name) |
Dosage strength |
|
Dosage schedule |
Food requirements |
3TC* |
300 mg |
|
One tablet once daily |
No food restrictions |
150 mg |
|
One tablet twice daily |
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Auro-lamivudine |
300 mg |
|
One tablet once daily |
|
150 mg |
|
One tablet twice daily |
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Retrovir* |
100 mg |
|
Three capsules twice daily OR two capsules three times daily |
No food restrictions |
Viread |
300 mg |
|
One tablet once daily |
No food restrictions |
Ziagen* |
300 mg |
|
One tablet twice daily OR two tablets once daily |
No food restrictions |
Protease inhibitors |
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Brand name (generic name) |
Dosage strength |
|
Dosage schedule |
Food requirements |
Aptivus++ |
250 mg |
Image not available |
Two tablets twice daily |
Take with food |
Crixivan++ |
400 mg |
|
Two capsules three times daily |
Take with at least 1.5 L of fluid |
200 mg |
Image not available |
Four capsules three times daily |
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Kaletra* |
200 mg / 50 mg |
|
Two tablets twice daily OR four tablets once daily |
No food restrictions |
Norvir*+ |
100 mg |
|
Six tablets twice daily |
Take with food |
Prezista* ++ |
800 mg |
|
One tablet twice daily |
Take with food |
600 mg |
|
One tablet twice daily |
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Reyataz++ |
300 mg |
Image not available |
One tablet once daily |
Take with food |
200 mg |
|
Two tablets once daily |
Take with food |
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Telzir* ++ |
700 mg |
|
One tablet once daily OR two tablets twice daily |
No food restrictions |
Viracept |
625 mg |
|
Two tablets twice daily |
Take with food |
250 mg |
|
Three tablets three times daily OR five tablets twice daily |
* Also available in liquid formulation (not pictured)
+ Taken as booster with other HIV drugs
++ Usually taken with ritonavir
NOTE
This chart lists common daily dosing schedules. People should always follow the dosing schedule prescribed by their doctor, which may vary from those shown here.
Acknowledgements
3TC®, Celsentri®, Combivir®, Kivexa®, Rescriptor®, Retrovir®, Telzir®, Tivicay®, Trizivir®, Viracept® and Ziagen® are registered trademarks and TriumeqTM is a trademark of the ViiV Healthcare group of companies. Images copyright ViiV Healthcare ULC. Used with permission.
Images of Atripla, Complera, Genvvoya, Stribild, Truvada and Viread copyright Gilead Sciences Canada, Inc. Used with permission.
Images of Prezcobix, Prezista, Intelence and Edurant copyright Janssen Inc. Used with permission.
Images of Crixivan and Isentress copyright Merck Canada Inc. Used with permission.
Images of Auro-Efavirenz, Auro-Lamivudine and Auro-Lamivudine/Zidovudine copyright Auro Pharma Inc. Used with permission.
Fuzeon® is a registered trademark of F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG.