What are the side effects of ARV drugs?

What are the side effects of ARV drugs?

Other side effects from antiretroviral drugs can include:

• hypersensitivity or allergic reactions, with symptoms such as fever, nausea, and vomiting.
• bleeding.
• bone loss.
• heart disease.
• high blood sugar and diabetes.
• lactic acidosis (high lactic acid levels in the blood)
• kidney, liver, or pancreas damage.

What are the symptoms of ARV drug resistance?

PHYSICIAN VOICES 3 Signs Your HIV is Drug-Resistant

• You’re experiencing flu-like symptoms. Most patients experience flu-like symptoms when they are first infected with HIV, including: fevers, body aches, night sweats, sore throat, and rash.
• Your viral load is detectable.
• Your genotype test can detect drug resistance.

How do you control side effects of Arvs?

You can manage these short-term side effects with a few self-care steps.

1. Fatigue Try to schedule extra rest and scale back strenuous workouts.
2. Nausea Eat smaller meals and limit spicy foods.
3. Diarrhea Drink plenty of water and other healthy beverages like fruit juice or broth to replace lost fluids.

What is the mechanism of action of antiretroviral drugs?

Current ARV mechanisms of action: Block reverse transcriptase to disrupt copying of HIV genetic code (NRTIs; NNRTIs) Block protease enzyme, preventing maturation of new virions (PIs) Prevent fusion of HIV with cell membranes (Fusion inhibitors)

How long do ARV side effects last?

Side effects from HIV medicines may last only a few days or weeks. For example, nausea, fatigue, and trouble sleeping are some short-term side effects of HIV medicines. Other side effects from some HIV medicines can lead to problems that may not appear for months or years after starting a medicine.

What is the best time to take ARVs?

You should start taking HIV treatment as soon as you’re diagnosed. The advantages of taking HIV treatment: Once your viral load is undetectable, you cannot pass on HIV to partners. (It might take up to six months on treatment to become undetectable.)

What are the benefits of taking ARVs?

ARV drugs do not ‘kill’ HIV virus but prevents HIV virus from multiplying and destroying infection fighting CD4 (soldier of the body) cells. CD4 cell are an important part of the immune system because they fight germs and infection. This helps the body fight off life threatening infections and cancer.

How many types of ARV are there?

There are six main types (‘classes’) of antiretroviral drugs. Each class of drug attacks HIV in a different way. Generally, drugs from two (or sometimes three) classes are combined to ensure a powerful attack on HIV.

What are the four groups of ARVs?

Types of antiretroviral drug

• abacavir (Ziagen)
• emtricitabine (Emtriva)
• lamivudine (Epivir)
• stavudine (Stavudine)
• tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (Viread)
• zidovudine (Retrovir)

Does ARVs damage liver?

Like many medications, certain antiretroviral drugs can harm the liver, known as hepatotoxicity. Fortunately, modern antiretrovirals are generally much easier on the liver than older meds that are no longer widely used.

How does ARV interact with other medications?

ARV Drug Interactions HIV medications are metabolized by the cytochrome P450 mechanism in the liver These antiretroviral medications have many potential drug interactions with other medications that are also metabolized by this system Inducers: can decrease levels of other drugs

What are the symptoms of AZT (Retrovir)?

ARV Nurse Training Programme – AZT (Retrovir): anaemia, headache, liver toxicity, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia Anaemia. Possible causes: Common with AZT. OIs e.g. MAI. Maybe HIV related | PowerPoint PPT presentation | free to view

What are the side effects of PrEP HIV treatment?

• It is approved for the therapy of HIV infection as part of a multidrug regimen and is also used for Postexposure prophylaxis. • Adverse effects: Headache, diarrhoea, skin rash, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, anorexia, myalgia, peripheral neuropathy.

Where can I find guidelines for the use of ARV agents?

Guidelines for the Use of ARV Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection https:// aidsinfo.nih.gov/guidelines/brief-html/2/pediatric-arv/0 Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Children

How long does side effects of ARV last?

What are the symptoms of ARV resistance?

1. You’re experiencing flu-like symptoms. Most patients experience flu-like symptoms when they are first infected with HIV, including: fevers, body aches, night sweats, sore throat, and rash. These same symptoms can happen while on HIV medications if your virus “breaks through” due to HIV drug resistance.

Does ARVs affect fertility?

ARVs aren’t known to cause fertility problems in women. If you’ve been trying for a while, please talk to your doctor who can help.

Can ARV make me sick?

Side effects can occur with antiretroviral medications. The positive aspect is that most side effects such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, and feeling unwell are temporary. Most people who experience these side effects find that they are worse during the first one to two weeks after starting medications.

Does ARV cause kidney failure?

Some antiretroviral drugs may concentrate in the kidneys, or inhibit creatinine secretion in the kidneys, leading to damage to the kidney tubules. Inflammation caused by HIV may also lead to kidney damage.